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An empty chair. An empty room. A quiet hallway void of students.

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Eight years ago, I was nominated by my School Principal to be the Campus Teacher of the Year Representative for our District. I also wrote a nomination for her to be our Campus’ Nomination for 2006, which she won. I had a night school student several weeks ago come to school with blacken eyes from getting in a fight.

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Jamie Tworkowski of ‘To Write Love on Her Arms’ (TWLOHA): “It’s important to find five people who know the stuff you don’t”

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If someone is interested in starting a non-profit, I think the biggest single piece of advice I can offer is to encourage them to learn as much as they can from people who are already doing similar work. But there is also a ton of value in learning from the work that’s already being done. Read as much as you can.

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How to Be a Galvanizer

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So what do you call a company, brand or individual who has activated purpose via a movement? We’ve settled on the term ‘galvanizer’, which is defined as ‘a leader who stimulates and excites people to action’. A galvanizer gets people to act because they want to, because they agree with the cause and mission that the brand is on. Escape the herd.

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