Social Action Boot Camps bring together a diverse group of young community leaders, activists and social entrepreneurs for a day of networking and training dedicated to giving each attendee the tools to grow and sustain their community action ideas, projects and organizations.

This is happening right  now - Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 - 5:30 pm EST - and is live streaming. Check it out!!

Sessions and workshops offered on:

 

• Path to Change: Turning your Ideas in Action
• Measuring Your Impact
• Building a Website
• Foundations and Grant writing
• Branding and Marketing: How to find your voice and tell your story
• Individual Donors: How to pitch your program and manage donor relationships
• Online Communications
• Starting your Own Not-for-Profit
• Corporate Sponsors: How to pitch your program and manage donor relationships
• Public Relations: How to get press for your project
• 501c3 and Fiscal Sponsors: Benefits and Pitfalls
• Succession Planning: How to keep your project going without you
• Political Activism: How to get your local officials to listen
• Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
• Public Relations
• Partnerships
• Applying for a Do Something Grant

http://www.dosomething.org/training

Today is the Feast of All Carmel Saints and is an auspicious day to begin my journey officially as a Secular Carmelite!

From Ascending Carmel

The Carmelite Order celebrates the feast of all its Saints on November 14th. This is a solemn commemoration and tribute given to the men and women who climbed the mount of Carmel to seek the face of God and allowed themselves to be transformed by the Presence they found there. There are many of these Saints, although we only hear of the famous ones- Saint John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Blessed ELizabeth of the Trinity and others. Equally great in the Order are, St. Peter Thomas, St. Andrew Corsini, St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified, St. Raphael Kalinowski, St. Teresa of St. Agustine and the martyrs of Compiegne, St. John Soreth, St. Elisha, St. Albert of Trapani, Blessed Titus Brandsma, St Margaret Redi and many more! These are huge personalities in Carmel and we treasure them, their lives and examples of true love of God.

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