Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week.

Notable Events of the Week:

• “The figures announced Thursday by the Labor Department bring the number of workers joining the official jobless ranks in the last six weeks to more than 30 million, and underscore just how dire economic conditions remain.” NY Times
• “Results from coronavirus antibody tests have started to trickle in, and they bolster the consensus among disease experts that the virus is significantly more lethal than seasonal flu and has seeded the most disruptive pandemic in the past century.” Washington Post
• “President Donald Trump contradicted a rare on-the-record statement from his own intelligence community by claiming Thursday that he has seen evidence that gives him a “high degree of confidence” the novel coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but declined to provide details to back up his assertion.” CNN

Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets:

• Electronic Frontier Foundation: BREAKING: ICANN has voted to REJECT the sale of the .ORG registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital. This is a major victory for the millions of nonprofits, civil society organizations, and individuals who make .ORG their home online. #SaveDotOrg ICANN [Ed. I was pleased to be quoted in an article published the day before the vote written by EFF Senior Staff Attorney Mitch Stoltz, Preserving ICANN’s Independence Through Bold Action – Not Inaction.]
• Nonprofit Quarterly: “This is just another example of the ways in which the relief promised by Congress gets distributed along the same fault lines that exacerbated this crisis in the first place.” https://bit.ly/2KMJmS9 #CARESAct
• Nonprofit Times: Of the almost 200 #nonprofits surveyed, 59% that applied for #PPP loans were accepted, and of those delayed/denied, 24% have begun to #furlough staff – http://ow.ly/9Iaz30qBQUM #COVID_19 #charity #HR #philanthropy
• National Council of Nonprofits: DOL Issues Breathtakingly Cruel Guidance Inflicting Billions in Immediate Costs onto Charitable Organizations Struggling to Serve Their Communities
• Center for Effective Philanthropy: READING: Three Things Nonprofits Should Prioritize in the Wake of COVID-19 via @SSIReview
• Darren Walker: COVID19 has exposed and spotlighted existing inequalities in our society, particularly those faced by the disabled community. This is why #philanthropy’s work on #DisabilityInclusion is all the more pressing. @DrRichBesser and I lay out why. In Covid-19 Crisis, Philanthropy’s Attention Must Focus on People With Disabilities
• National Council of Nonprofits: Debate over charitable deductions, continued https://politi.co/2VXCAhB via @politico #Relief4Charities
• Jeff Raikes: #Philanthropy is stepping up during this crisis – but it shouldn’t be a substitute for an effective and representative government. As we rebuild, we must build a democracy that cares for the most vulnerable just as much as it does for guys like me. @Forbes Philanthropy Isn’t A Substitute For Democracy, But It Must Help Save It
• Vu Le: Brilliant, fiery call-to-action by @jessamynlau of @peeryfoundation “We — foundation staff and boards — must understand that we can’t close this dangerous gap as long as we give higher priority to protecting our endowments“ Opinion via @Philanthropy
• Bill Gates: We don’t yet have all the tools we need to stop the novel coronavirus and safely re-open the economy. But they are on the horizon. The first modern pandemic

Media Selections:

People of America! I want to talk about two photos that tell the story of food in our country in this moment…two different, painful realities that we are experiencing, and the opportunity we must seize to make sure food is not the problem but the solution 1/ pic.twitter.com/LUUS4jcMgr

— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) April 30, 2020

Here is Michigan’s State House as multiple armed men storm the building to demand access to the floor. State police had to protect @GovWhitmer and block access.

This looks like a coup-tell me more about how we don't need gun reform. #MichiganTerrorists pic.twitter.com/TOZhXLvVCp

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) April 30, 2020