From Shaw Main Streets listserv: Queen of Sheba Restaurant, offering Ethiopian and American food, will hold a grand opening event on Saturday, February 18, 2006, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 AM. Full bar service will be available, thanks to a special event ABC permit. Live music will be offered during evening hours, with vocals by […]
ACLU Town Hall On Presidential Power
The ACLU is sponsoring a live webcast on Monday, February 20th at 11 a.m. EST on the topic of presidential power. The presenters include: * Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union * John W. Dean, former White House counsel * Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional […]
Michigamua’s Broken 1989 Promise
Much of the talk about Michigamua, and the crux of the lawsuit filed last week in Washtenaw County Court, is a 1989 agreement between the university, Michigamua, and Native American students, that the organization would abandon all references to Native American Culture. In 2000, 11 years after that agreement was signed, the Student of Color […]
Heurich House Update
There’s some good news for the Heurich House, a beautiful victorian mansion in DC that is facing auction if the nonprofit foundation that runs the house can’t come up with $250,000. Since I wrote about the home’s plight in January the group has raised $70,000 towards their goal and won pledges for more funds and […]
Remodeling Blog
While I blog here about who-knows-what, my twin brother has been busily maintaining his own blog about his work remodeling a tiny 1930s(?)-era home he purchased in Haverhill, Massaccussets. I have been quite impressed with his energy and skill in the project and am looking forward to the final product.
February Blogger Meetup Attendance
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Studying the Political Web
Two reports have recently been issued in the field of nonprofit technology that I think are important to point out. Here’s the first: In the for-profit dot.com world, the bottom line is easy to measure — it comes down to dollars and cents. For nonprofit organizations, success is more difficult to define. How many people […]