Alyssa
@alyssaturcsak.bsky.social
I’ve got a chatty gray cat as a sidekick and a thriving collection of plants. 🌱 In recovery and proudly alcohol-free. Let’s talk nonprofits, books, sobriety, or arts + culture! (she/her)
📍Lansing
*views are my own*
📍Lansing
*views are my own*
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fellow budget watchers, have a virtual horrocks slice
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
fellow budget watchers, have a virtual horrocks slice
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Facilitators, remember that vacation is the perfect time to refill your metaphor bank. Keep your eyes peeled for:
- natural beauty
- fractals
- animals doing things that relate to strategic planning
- natural beauty
- fractals
- animals doing things that relate to strategic planning
July 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Facilitators, remember that vacation is the perfect time to refill your metaphor bank. Keep your eyes peeled for:
- natural beauty
- fractals
- animals doing things that relate to strategic planning
- natural beauty
- fractals
- animals doing things that relate to strategic planning
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#Naloxone saves lives, & should be accessible to all. Harm reductionists have been making this access possible for many years. Did you know NHRC has a Naloxone Finder Map to help locate free resources in your area in the U.S. as well as shipping by mail info? Check it out: bit.ly/NaloxoneFinderMap
July 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#Naloxone saves lives, & should be accessible to all. Harm reductionists have been making this access possible for many years. Did you know NHRC has a Naloxone Finder Map to help locate free resources in your area in the U.S. as well as shipping by mail info? Check it out: bit.ly/NaloxoneFinderMap
It turns out I'm posting on BlueSky as often as I did on the previous bird platform. So here's my quarterly check-in. 🫡
May 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It turns out I'm posting on BlueSky as often as I did on the previous bird platform. So here's my quarterly check-in. 🫡
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Workshop participant: Be ungovernable
Workshop facilitator: Normally I'd agree but we have an agenda to get through
Workshop facilitator: Normally I'd agree but we have an agenda to get through
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Workshop participant: Be ungovernable
Workshop facilitator: Normally I'd agree but we have an agenda to get through
Workshop facilitator: Normally I'd agree but we have an agenda to get through
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Philanthropy Coalition Launches Solidarity Campaign:
"Weaponized oversight. Intimidation dressed up as transparency. It is not new. But our response must be." —Tonya Allen, Deepak Bhargava & @jpalfrey.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/unite-in-adv...
#philanthropy #solidarity #democracy
"Weaponized oversight. Intimidation dressed up as transparency. It is not new. But our response must be." —Tonya Allen, Deepak Bhargava & @jpalfrey.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/unite-in-adv...
#philanthropy #solidarity #democracy
Unite in Advance: Philanthropy Coalition Launches Solidarity Campaign - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
We’re announcing a public sign-on statement to support philanthropy’s freedom to give. We are united to protect our freedom to express ourselves, to give, and to invest in our communities. Join us by ...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Philanthropy Coalition Launches Solidarity Campaign:
"Weaponized oversight. Intimidation dressed up as transparency. It is not new. But our response must be." —Tonya Allen, Deepak Bhargava & @jpalfrey.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/unite-in-adv...
#philanthropy #solidarity #democracy
"Weaponized oversight. Intimidation dressed up as transparency. It is not new. But our response must be." —Tonya Allen, Deepak Bhargava & @jpalfrey.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/unite-in-adv...
#philanthropy #solidarity #democracy
How do I get the job where I travel the world eating delicious food for a TV show?
April 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
How do I get the job where I travel the world eating delicious food for a TV show?
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Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
April 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
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what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
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Your outie prefers off-brand Post-Its.
February 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Your outie prefers off-brand Post-Its.
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ELROND: We elves do not meddle in the affairs of the lesser beings of Middle Earth. We watch from a distance, giving out 5% of our riches, and then we go to the West to the Undying Lands, the Land of Perpetuity, where as usual none of this really affects us.
Script for Lord of the Rings, if it were set in nonprofit and philanthropy
Hey everyone, hope you’re hanging in there. I’ve been watching my favorite movies as a break from the horrors of...
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March 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
ELROND: We elves do not meddle in the affairs of the lesser beings of Middle Earth. We watch from a distance, giving out 5% of our riches, and then we go to the West to the Undying Lands, the Land of Perpetuity, where as usual none of this really affects us.
My affirmation: I will let love continue to guide me towards movement and action.
“These simple things we do to support one another, build community, and protect what’s good in the world, are just as important as the major actions”
Everyday actions you can take to keep the world kind, just, and joyful amidst the rise in hate and bigotry
Hi everyone, if you’re free next week, March 4 to 6, please join me at the virtual Nonprofit Marketing Summit:...
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February 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My affirmation: I will let love continue to guide me towards movement and action.
Oh and speaking of things that made me cry today: I saw a bunch of humans buying flowers and Valentine's Day gifts for people they love. There are some things that are unshakable.
February 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Oh and speaking of things that made me cry today: I saw a bunch of humans buying flowers and Valentine's Day gifts for people they love. There are some things that are unshakable.
My current mental state: sobbing over an anglerfish swimming towards the surface.
February 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
My current mental state: sobbing over an anglerfish swimming towards the surface.
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As the Trump administration takes steps to freeze federal funding to untold numbers of #nonprofits & #NGOs, some orgs that receive federal grants are scrambling to protect themselves by self-censoring: nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofits-s... #npsky #DEI
Nonprofits Self-Censoring in Wake of Trump Actions - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Nonprofits are scrambling to protect federal funding. Some have chosen self-censorship.
nonprofitquarterly.org
February 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As the Trump administration takes steps to freeze federal funding to untold numbers of #nonprofits & #NGOs, some orgs that receive federal grants are scrambling to protect themselves by self-censoring: nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofits-s... #npsky #DEI
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Check out NPQ’s first starter pack on BlueSky!
Join our community to connect with progressive and justice-driven nonprofit leaders and organizations: go.bsky.app/GdSWyty
#npsky #nonprofitsky #socialjustice #leadership
Join our community to connect with progressive and justice-driven nonprofit leaders and organizations: go.bsky.app/GdSWyty
#npsky #nonprofitsky #socialjustice #leadership
Equity-Centered Leadership
Join the conversation
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January 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Check out NPQ’s first starter pack on BlueSky!
Join our community to connect with progressive and justice-driven nonprofit leaders and organizations: go.bsky.app/GdSWyty
#npsky #nonprofitsky #socialjustice #leadership
Join our community to connect with progressive and justice-driven nonprofit leaders and organizations: go.bsky.app/GdSWyty
#npsky #nonprofitsky #socialjustice #leadership
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From temperance lodges to temperance parades, Black people have not only practiced different forms of sobriety since the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they advocated for it! And made it more accessible for everyone to practice despite the color of their skin.
BLACK RECOVERY IS BLACK HISTORY. IYKYK 👩🏾🦱 but if you don’t, you better go and watch Recovering Grounds : The Black Temperance Movement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixpT...
Recovering Grounds (Episode 1: The Black Temperance Movement)
YouTube video by Sober Black Girls Club
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February 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
From temperance lodges to temperance parades, Black people have not only practiced different forms of sobriety since the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they advocated for it! And made it more accessible for everyone to practice despite the color of their skin.
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Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
What a week to be a sober person. 😐
February 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What a week to be a sober person. 😐
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❗️We did it (for now)! ❗️
Our lawsuit was successful - US district court is blocking OMB from moving forward on its reckless plan to halt federal funding.
The stay is until Monday, so still much more to do.
For now - take a breath, take a rest, and buckle up - we’re not done.
Our lawsuit was successful - US district court is blocking OMB from moving forward on its reckless plan to halt federal funding.
The stay is until Monday, so still much more to do.
For now - take a breath, take a rest, and buckle up - we’re not done.
January 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
❗️We did it (for now)! ❗️
Our lawsuit was successful - US district court is blocking OMB from moving forward on its reckless plan to halt federal funding.
The stay is until Monday, so still much more to do.
For now - take a breath, take a rest, and buckle up - we’re not done.
Our lawsuit was successful - US district court is blocking OMB from moving forward on its reckless plan to halt federal funding.
The stay is until Monday, so still much more to do.
For now - take a breath, take a rest, and buckle up - we’re not done.
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Hello new followers! Here's one of my favorite older comics.
January 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hello new followers! Here's one of my favorite older comics.
I love Stardew Valley for so many reasons and this is one of them.
Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, keeps updating his video game. And has no plans of stopping.
The legacy — and future — of the farming game Stardew Valley
Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, keeps updating his video game. And has no plans of stopping.
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January 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I love Stardew Valley for so many reasons and this is one of them.
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Here's a legal to-do list for nonprofits to shore up their compliance and advocacy strategies as the Trump administration takes office nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-le...
#Inauguration #legal #nonprofitsky #advocacy #compliance
#Inauguration #legal #nonprofitsky #advocacy #compliance
Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
A legal to-do list for nonprofits to shore up their compliance and advocacy strategies as the Trump administration takes office.
nonprofitquarterly.org
January 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Here's a legal to-do list for nonprofits to shore up their compliance and advocacy strategies as the Trump administration takes office nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-le...
#Inauguration #legal #nonprofitsky #advocacy #compliance
#Inauguration #legal #nonprofitsky #advocacy #compliance
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The growing influence of AI risks perpetuating historical injustice and harming marginalized communities. How nonprofit leaders can be vital in transforming #AI into a tool for justice and empowerment: nonprofitquarterly.org/ai-and-racia...
#npsky #justice #nptech #AItech
#npsky #justice #nptech #AItech
AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) risks perpetuating historical injustice and harming marginalized communities. However, nonprofit leaders can be vital in transforming AI into a to...
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January 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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