Halloween on a Saturday this year, so no fighting traffic to get home! Woo hoo!
RECESSION
- Nonprofit executives try to deliver despite dwindling resources (WBJ, 10/30):
After its founding in 1993, D.C. Action became a voice arguing that the D.C. government must do a better job meeting the health, education and safety needs of the city’s youth. Now D.C. Action has lost its office space on P Street NW in Dupont Circle and laid off its entire four-person staff. It has about $18,000 in the bank, which doesn’t make for much of a salary for [HyeSook] Chung.
But she said there is hope for the organization because one of its founders, philanthropist Diane Bernstein, is still willing to support it. Bernstein offered Chung space for a desk in the offices of her foundation. … D.C.’s youth still need a strong voice, given the smattering of advocates in the city, she said. “I know there’s so much potential. There is a void. There’s fragmentation, there’s competition, and there’s no leadership.”
- Hoop Dreams founder reflects on wins, losses (WBJ, 10/30)
EDUCATION COLLABORATION | Baltimore’s “ready to learn” rates skyrocket. What happened? “Jennifer Gross, a senior consultant with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, calls B-LAP ‘extreme collaboration’” (Urbanite, Nov., ’09)
TEEVEE | “The Center for Nonprofit Advancement and DCTV will launch a new channel this fall to highlight the work of local nonprofits…”
CENSUS | DC seeks to boost census response, get federal funds (WaPo, 10/30)
AFFORDABLE HOUSING | Pr. George’s County “has till week’s end to earmark $5 million in federal grants,” for housing projects, or they lose the funds (WaPo, 10/30). Whoopsy!
13 days until the BIG meeting!
-Nick
