Stuart Center and CEDC Move to Wind Power

The Stuart Center is proud to announce that through the partnership with the Nonprofit Energy Alliance, a program of the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington, longtime partner of the Center for Educational Design and Communication.

Washington Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the March

If you have been in and around the Washington area this week, it has been tremendous to see the many people here to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, culminating in today's commemoration of the exact moment 50 years ago when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

Wanted: Socially conscious contract Drupal developers and web designers

The Center for Educational Design and Communication (CEDC) is an office of the Stuart Center, a nonprofit that serves other nonprofits, social justice, and faith-based groups. CEDC provides graphic design and web development services to a wide variety of partners. We have a need for additional web designers or developers on a per-project contracted basis. If you are a web designer or developer and wish to be considered for inclusion on our call list, please review the qualifications and submit your information.

Paul Lee: A Faster, Smaller, Younger World

Paul Lee of Google.org was the second plenary speaker at the Nonprofit Roundtable's 10th Anniversary celebration, addressing the changing face of the internet, and how nonprofits can use those changes to create social justice and change. One of the first things he used as a demonstration were the changes that have occurred in internet accessibility in a very short time, powered by the shifts in technology and speed. Data discovery can now happen in 250ms, a

Mario Morino: Making the Leap

On October 10th we were very happy to share in celebrating the Nonprofit Roundtable's 10th Anniversary at the Kellogg Center at Gallaudet University. This celebration brought together some of the best and brightest from the nonprofit community, and those in attendance we lucky to hear three tremendous speakers, Mario Morino of Venture Philanthropy Partners, Paul Lee of Google.org, and Benjamin Todd Jealous of the NAACP.

Nonprofit Roundtable 10th Anniversary: Stronger Together

On Wednesday, October 10th one of CEDC's closest partners, the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington had their tenth anniversary celebration. Held at the Kellogg Conference Center on the campus of Gallaudet University and attended by many of the best and brightest from the nonprofit sector in the DC region it was clearly evident the power and reach that this great organization has.

Calendar Highlight: CiviCRM training and code sprint at CEDC

We wanted to pull out a few items to highlight from our nonprofit events calendar. We'll be hosting two CiviCRM events in June: an administrative training and a dev code sprint, both run and managed by the CiviCRM team.

Vintage Activism by RSCJ Sisters

Over the last month or so, the CEDC has been posting images taken by Sr. Kit Collins, in commemoration of the second anniversary of her passing on March 18, 2010. One of the things that Kit and other members of the Washington area RSCJ were very passionate about was taking part in protests in the name of social justice and peace. The pictures on this page were taken by Sr.

In Memoriam: Sr. Kit Collins 1937-2010

It is hard to put into words the effect that Sister Kit Collins had on my life, and this was not a unique experience. She was a woman who made an indelilble impact on people everywhere she went all of the time, the kind of soul with whom the smallest interaction creates a lifelong memory.

Environment: Photography by Sr. Kit Collins

Two years ago this month, CEDC lost its foundress and Executive Director, Sister Kit Collins. To say Kit was at the heart of what CEDC does is a vast understatement. Her vision for social justice and her mission ethos were incorporated into CEDC from our beginning and continue to inspire us in our work as we partner with organizations that are working to transform the world, seeking solidarity and justice in the environment, education, immigration, children and youth issues, peace, and more.

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