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Blue Dream
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.” — e.e....
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On Doing Good Work
“…there is much more to doing good work than ‘making a difference.’ There is the principle of first do no harm. There is the idea that those who are being helped ought to be consulted over the matters...
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Sold Out.
Yep. Due to steady public demand, we’ve sold out the first printing of Giving Back and a second printing is underway. This fact thrills me almost as much as releasing the book in October 2011. (Note:...
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Reason and Rhymes
April is National Poetry Month and I’m taking the occasion to acknowledge and thank the poets—those in spirit and those in practice—who contributed important concepts and content to Giving Back. Q |...
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Reclaiming The Root Meaning of Philanthropy
Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.’ — Angela Davis Let’s engage in the radical work of reclaiming the root meaning of philanthropy: love of humanity. Philanthropy, a curious word to...
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‘Root Meaning’ Grasped
L-O-V-E | Charles W. Thomas Jr., photographer Recent media coverage of my op-ed delights me. While the piece was written for black media to mark National Philanthropy Day (November 15), its message...
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Thoughts Before 2012 Sets
Receiving the call about Giving Back winning the 2012 McAdam Book Award for “the best new book for the nonprofit sector” was without question a major high point this year. Honestly, there were so many...
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Without Limits
On 15 Feb 2013, Charles Thomas and I will be presenters at TEDxCharlotte. We hope you’ll register and come if you’re in the area. UNLIMITED: Ideas Take Shape is this year’s theme for the annual,...
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My New Eyes
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust It requires “new eyes” to see a picture reframed. This quote sums up much of our TEDx Talk,...
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What’s In A Name
Queen of the Trumpet Valaida Snow, circa 1930 What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. I suppose Shakespeare was right, but with a name as uncommon as...
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From BGB :: Community Investment Network Names Valaida Fullwood Interim...
Posted on BlackGivesBack.com today: Community Investment Network Names Valaida Fullwood Interim Executive Director. “Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.” ― Shirley...
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Love and Happiness
Funny how this album cover and the songs within made such an impression on me at such a young age. Fans of Al Green’s music, my parents of course had this hit album in the Seventies. At the time, that...
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VF: C’est moi
visionary farsightedness voraciously fascinated vibrant force values family vehement friend voluminous friendships vocalized free-spiritedness voluptuous feelings vivaciously fanciful voyaging fanatic...
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Giving Black Matters
Photo: June 2020 protest against injustice, Charlotte, NC | V. Fullwood Earlier this month, I spun a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts into an op-ed and posted it on Medium.com. I made an appeal to my...
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