An Appeal to Fix a ‘Broken’ USAID, Plus More: Wednesday’s Roundup
November 18, 2009, 12:27 pm
By Maria Di Mento
- As the nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah needs to make big changes in the “broken” organization, including having it work more closely with charities, corporations, and foundations, writes Carol Adelman, director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity, on the group’s blog.
- Allison Fine, a social-media expert and a Chronicle contributor, says she is concerned about the implications of charities ditching MySpace — whose users tend to be less wealthy and less educated than those on Facebook — in favor of the latter social-networking site. “Social change needs to happen everywhere,” says Ms. Fine.
- Congress should increase government support for the Legal Services Corporation, which provides legal aid to poor people, says an editorial in The Washington Post. The newspaper also calls for removing the restrictions that prevent the agency from starting class-action lawsuits.
- Americans are increasingly using media and technology to raise money and awareness for charities with which they are not affiliated, a phenomenon Scott Henderson calls “creative philanthropy.” Mr. Henderson is a marketing consultant who leads Rally the Cause Productions.
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