So excited to be talking to Rachel Seward, the Vice President of Enterprise Communications and Philanthropy at MiTek, on our sixth episode of Changemakers from within. For the full episode, listen here or where you get your podcasts: After her undergrad years, Rachel joined Teach for America, a teaching corps in the US where young […]
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On the latest episode of Changemakers from Within, we had the chance to hear from Kari McHugh, the senior director of Customer and Community Relations and Executive Director of the Joy in Childhood Foundation at Dunkin’ Brands. Our time was even more amazing when we got a friendly visit from the one and only spokesdog
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The Coronavirus has changed how we go about our daily lives. Some of us are under mandatory quarantine while others are just taking appropriate precautions by limiting social interaction. This new world that the Coronavirus helped sculpt has presented us with new barriers, widening the bridge between members of our community and the world. This
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It is hard to imagine that today, thousands of innocent people in the United States are placed in jail or prison for a crime that they did not commit. Since 1989, there have been 2,095 exonerations of innocent inmates in the United States. In that time, over 18,250 years were served by those wrongfully convicted.
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We had an amazing time talking with Sara Quist about her inspiring work as Community Engagement Lead at Cigna on the latest episode of our podcast! Listen below or where you listen to podcasts. Cigna is a health insurance company that aims to improve the health, well-being, and peace of mind of those they serve
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Time and time again, Black communities find themselves in situations that deny them of their humanity and consequently their lives become endangered. On May 25, 2020, George Floyed, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in Minneapolis, Minnesota when Derek Chauvin, a white police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46
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What is an Employee Volunteer Program? Employee volunteer programs also called workplace volunteer programs or company volunteer programs are built to support a company’s larger corporate social responsibility program. It is an effective way for companies to contribute to the community by providing employees the opportunity to serve the community. Why start an Employee Volunteer
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1. Assess Company Needs Start by assessing the needs of your company community. Think about the areas within your community that you hope to improve or work on: is it employee engagement or devastation in the community? Maybe you are just excited for your company to give back. Once you identified an area or areas
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