(THREAD) As the war escalates in #Ukraine, nonprofits are bringing relief. Here are just five of the nonprofits that are currently fundraising on GlobalGiving to continue their life-saving work:

Wahoo! I received my copy of The Smart Nonprofit by ⁦life⁩ and ⁦Adamek fine⁩! In her review, Hali Lee wrote, “… this book enables people to listen more, relate more, build, plan, and dream together more—to be, in fact, more human.” Ummmm, yes, please!

I’m excited for GlobalGiving’s 20th Anniversary Celebration tomorrow! Join me virtually at 11am ET on March 23 to meet changemakers around the world in an action-packed hour full of short films, live music, art performances, and more! #CommunityForward globalgiving.org/20-years/

Me: I’m glad our kids aren’t playing soccer this spring so we don’t have to be at games every Saturday. Also me: (accompanying kids to different rock and mineral exhibits for the last 3 out of 4 weekends) 🤷‍♀️

Join us in 30 minutes!

Join us this Thursday: Jake Porway (data.org), Mohammad Radiyat (DonorsChoose), Daniel Kelley (ADL), and I (GlobalGiving) discussing "The Five Data Superpowers & Voices of Those Who Wield Them” data.org/events/the-fiv…

Gardening in Colorado 🤦‍♀️

Most days I just build Google Docs. The incredible Joel Carlman not only builds relationships and poetry and music and community, but he also built this tiny house from scratch! We said goodbye this week as we sold it to another Colorado family. On to the next adventures!

The Pitfalls of One Metric To Rule Them All: Confessions from a Recovering M&E Practitioner (ehem…. me.) avpn.asia/blog/the-pitfa…

"White Christians, by their actions, seem to favor being white over being Christian.” Research by Michael O. Emerson and Glenn Bracey: sojo.net/magazine/july-…

This is an excellent resource on #decolonizingaid put together by The New Humanitarian. We're also incredibly proud that our work on "Community-Led philanthropy" led by Alison Carlman is included! What's your favorite resource? thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2022/0… #communityled

#Philanthropy and #globaldev folks: join me at Decolonizing: Beyond the Buzz, the 2022 @PosnerCenter symposium. This virtual conference is built for anyone who is ready to learn about and implement a decolonized approach. posnercenter.org/symposium-2022/

William Shatner on his Blue Origin flight to space: "It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered." variety.com/2022/tv/news/w…

#globaldev and #philanthropy folks: I have a few *free* tickets to share for the @PosnerCenter Decolonizing Development symposium coming up. It's virtual, Nov 9-18, with a few sessions a day. Let me know if you can join us!

Vote by mail is seriously so great. Vote at home, drop your ballot at the library, and get a confirmation. All before Election Day. Getting this email is better than a sticker. (But the ballot came with a sticker, too!) Way to go, Colorado! #VoteByMail

YES! Thank you for linking to our research about community-led philanthropy as an alternative to the Effective Altruism approach. Really thoughtful thread here, @hendersonhl22! cc: Dana RH Doan Jenny Hodgson GlobalGiving GlobalFundCF

I’m speaking at #WeGiveSummit on May 3 during the session “How to Share Power with Grantees through Co-Creation” Don’t miss it! Visit WeGiveSummit.org and register today. All sessions are free.

#rememberingrhe today.