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Skye Kilaen

Member since April 9th, 2008

User Type: Individual

Area: Austin, TX

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My Bio

My mom brought me up to help others, so I ended up making it my career. My jobs have included educating homeless youth about HIV, researching child care options for working parents, and advocating for improvements to state health care programs for low-income children. I have also worked with the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Greenlights for Nonprofit Success in Austin to help nonprofit organizations build their capacity to serve their communities. I blog about environmental issues in crafting at Crafting A Green World, and about feminism, racism, and action movies at Heroine Content. My personal blog is Flooded Lizard Kingdom.

My Blogs

  • Are There Too Many Nonprofits?

    Posted July 1st, 2008 by Skye Kilaen

    The nonprofit world has been abuzz lately with talk of the sheer number of nonprofit organizations. How many should we have? How many is too many? How do we get rid of some of them?

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  • Like Being The Boss? Join a Nonprofit Board!

    Posted June 17th, 2008 by Skye Kilaen

    You don't have to be a power broker in a business suit to change the world. For a volunteer opportunity that can really make a difference, have you ever considered joining the board of a nonprofit organization?

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    How Changes at the United Way May Affect Your Community

    Posted June 11th, 2008 by Skye Kilaen

    When I was in graduate school, one of my professors asked us which would be better: pulling drowning people out of the river as they float past, or going up the river to stop people from falling in? The United Way of America has recently announced a new 10-year campaign that essentially hopes to move upstream, addressing the root causes of social problems instead of the effects.

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