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Giving Generously: Your Guide to Supporting Your Community
Do you ever look around your community and wonder how you can fix the problems faced by your neighbors? The best way to help is by...
Meredith Jones
Apr 24, 20213 min read
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When You Treat a Stranger Like a Friend
I’ve always been fascinated by the term, sonder. In the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, it’s defined as the realization that each random...
Rob Lawless
Mar 16, 20215 min read
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Being Nice Can Save A Life
Instead of talking facts, figures, or statistics, I want to tell a story. A story of how a smile and a basketball saved me.
Inciting Altruism
Feb 4, 20214 min read
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Where to Give This Season of Giving
As you no doubt have noticed, it has been a long time since we at Inciting Altruism have posted an article. Don’t worry, we aren’t going...
Inciting Altruism
Dec 31, 202011 min read
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Why its Okay to Talk About Doing Good
Oddly relevant memes, adorable pictures of mixed-breed doggos, countless beach selfies, subtle travel flexes - just a few things on an unend
Inciting Altruism
Aug 20, 20205 min read
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Acts of Kindness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
It has been said that hard times can bring out the best in people.
Inciting Altruism
Aug 14, 20207 min read
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Taking a Step Back to Power Sustainable Change
If you come into a community listening, learning, and being truly open; communities the world over will share, teach, and welcome you.
Inciting Altruism
Jul 31, 20205 min read
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Altruism in the Maasai Steppe of Tanzania
When I first came to live with my husband’s indigenous Maasai family in Tanzania, I was struck by how perfect their way of life seemed.
Inciting Altruism
Jul 23, 20205 min read
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StrongMinds for a Stronger Africa: an Interview with Sean Mayberry
StrongMinds is the subject of Inciting Altruism's first-ever Charity Spotlight, and we couldn't be more proud of the work they are doing...
Inciting Altruism
Jul 15, 202016 min read
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Cambiando Vidas a Través de la Educación: una Entrevista con el Centro Explorativo
- Click here to read this article in English - - Haga clic aquí para leer este artículo en inglés - El Centro Explorativo es un centro de...
Inciting Altruism
Jul 10, 202010 min read
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Changing Lives Through Education: an Interview with el Centro Explorativo
What I have learned is to have passion -- have passion and love what you do each day.
Inciting Altruism
Jul 9, 202010 min read
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Stuck in Second Chair: the Impact of Arts Education
For these students, art is more than an outlet—it is critical to their development as humans and citizens of the world.
Inciting Altruism
Jun 26, 20206 min read
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When the Dust Settles
I am responsible for George Floyd's death. You probably are too.
Inciting Altruism
Jun 14, 20208 min read
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Black and Blue
Every day I am reminded of my Blackness. Some days this is positive, in being proud of who I am.
Inciting Altruism
Jun 1, 202011 min read
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An Ode to the Selfish Altruist
Do I really have a duty to volunteer, a moral obligation to always be thinking about those less fortunate than myself?
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May 28, 20206 min read
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The Case for Supporting Civics Education
The state of American civics education has lately become a frequently lamented shortcoming. A brigade of facts and figures have been...
Inciting Altruism
May 20, 20203 min read
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How to Help During the COVID-19 Crisis
We, at Inciting Altruism, have put together an extensive list of the many different ways in which you can contribute to relief efforts.
Inciting Altruism
May 14, 20208 min read
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Youth Empowerment and the Peace Corps
Ever since I made the decision to join the Peace Corps, I knew that I wanted to be involved with youth development. And so when the day...
Inciting Altruism
May 10, 20204 min read
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Why You Should Commit to Giving this #GivingTuesday
Giving Tuesday is a yearly declaration that we are a species that cares about the welfare of others.
Inciting Altruism
May 5, 20208 min read
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Mums Should Wear Capes
Not all heroes wear capes, despite my numerous requests for her to sew herself one.
Inciting Altruism
May 2, 20203 min read
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