WOW, Adobe Youth Voices Live!

I recently attended my first Adobe Youth Voices Live! event at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). I was blown away by the films and other media produced by the Boston AYV youth. Please take time to check them out

9 Years of Storytelling at Cause Marketing Forum

I often say that one of my life’s purposes is to bear witness to the stories of human suffering and joy, to improve on and honor these circumstances, and to tell those stories.

And that theme could not have echoed more loudly than over the past twos days I spent at the 11thAnnual Cause Marketing Forum in Chicago. For the past nine years companies, nonprofits, and those of us who work with them to create meaningful, high impact programs, have gathered to share tales of success, missteps and growth in our field.

The tales we tell are those of partnerships, programs, societal issues and needs, and, most importantly, narratives of the people and places whose state in our world is better as a consequence of our collective work.

ARAMARK Expands Commitment to City Year for 3 Years

City Year and ARAMARK announced an expanded three-year, multi-faceted partnership that includes financial and in-kind resources valued at $3.75 million that will support “In School & On Track,” City Year’s national initiative to address the nation’s dropout...