Nonprofit Leaders – Five Ways We’ve Been Doing It All Wrong
This year, at the age of 35, something snapped.
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Los Angeles needs a new flag!
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Did you recognize the image on this post as the flag of Los Angeles? Probably not. Designed and proclaimed the city's official flag in 1931, it has fallen into obscurity, visible only in city offices and courtrooms. To us at Do Good LA, it symbolizes municipal bureaucracy, not the vibrancy of our Los Angeles.
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LA the Prize Capital of the World
This week has been a do good prize bonanza for Los Angeles.
First, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced that it is increasing the size of its Humanitarian Prize, which is awarded every year, from $1.5 million to $2 million (it is the largest award of its kind in the world). Second, the Berggruen Institute launched a $1 million prize, to be awarded annually, to a philosopher, "a living thinker whose ideas have deeply influenced our world."
Los Angeles is also the home of numerous other high profile prizes with cash awards of varying sizes:
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L.A. sizzling with creative energy; CA bursting with ingenuity
We Californians (especially Angelenos) are accustomed to put downs from New Yorkers--We are used to the hearing and reading the ill-formed stereotypes...you know the ones.
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Ashoka recognizes Claremont McKenna College as leader in social innovation education
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is well known for educating future leaders in economics, business and government. Its alumni include founders of mega-financial institutions, accomplished corporate CEOs, and prominent political figures. It is less well known that CMC is also among the top institutions in the United States in social innovation education.
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