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Subject: DEI Is Under Attack. How Will Philanthropy Respond?
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A telemarketer who for decades kept the lion’s share of the millions he raised ostensibly for charity has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Richard Zeitlin raised more than $145 million, mostly from small donors, and kept at least 80 percent of it. His operations, which purported to benefit veterans, children with cancer, breast cancer victims, and others, were misleading but legal — until he told a provable lie in one appeal that allowed prosecutors to charge him with fraud. “It’s actually so easy to conduct highly exploitative and harmful activities as a charity fund-raiser, without breaking the law at all,” Laurie Styron, executive director Charity Watch, told the New York Times. (New York Times)
While climate activists prepare to fight the policy reversals that are likely to come out of the second Trump administration, they are also turning their attention to local activism. On the national level, they are crafting messages that are more upbeat, or more closely linked to people’s pocketbooks. Closer to home, their plans run the gamut from pushing for strong state legislation to monitoring local utility commissions. (New York Times)
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