This past week was marked by the Day of Remembrance (and the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 leading to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese-Americans) and the current administration’s announcement of its plans for aggressive enforcement of immigration laws, including a potentially massive expansion of the number of people detained and deported. Have a listen to Fort Minor’s Kenji while perusing our curated nonprofit tweets of the week:
- ACLU National: Yet another disturbing example of the Trump admin’s contempt for the vital role a free press plays in our democracy NY Times [Ed. The White House barred The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, CNN, and other news organizations from attending a briefing by the President’s Press Secretary, which should be of great concern to all nonprofits.]
- NYT Politics: Did Someone Say ‘Tax Code Rewrite’? Lobbyists Scramble NYT
- Newsweek Int: Trump may upend nonprofits with his vow to ‘destroy’ the Johnson Amendment http://bit.ly/2ljp8SP
- NCRP: Calls to eliminate the #JohnsonAmendment part of a broader strategy to underwrite religious extremism http://bit.ly/2kLOY4Q #philanthropy
- National Council of Nonprofits: Plz help us educate nonprofits donors bd members & others why remaining NONpartisan is so important to #nonprofits Council of Nonprofits
- Nona Randois: Sorry, but the self-defense lobbying exception is not a budget advocacy exception AFJ Bolder Advocacy
- Nonprofit Quarterly: “Organizations are living systems. All living systems have the capacity to self-organize”—Meg Wheatley http://hubs.ly/H06nwQW0
- Gene: With all the recent discussions of informal collaborations & movements, check out some of the structural options NLB
- Sandra Feinsmith: IRS Focuses on Employment Tax Issues During Tax Exempt Organization Audits https://lnkd.in/dWF-yaW
- Michael Foerster: FTC & NASCO Announce Preliminary Agenda for March 21 Conference Exploring Consumer Protection Issues and Charitable… https://lnkd.in/d6_6Dyu