World Cup: English Defender Advises Family Against Traveling To Russia Due To Racist Fans
(Image: Flickr user johnthescone, Creative Commons) An all-star defender on the English national team has warned his family not to attend the upcoming World Cup in Russia due to concerns about racism in the country. Danny Rose told reporters that FIFA’s…
Angry About Trump’s Ruthless Agenda? Support These Nonprofits For #GivingTuesday
Trump and the GOP-controlled congress are hell-bent on making the lives of everyday Americans more difficult. From a brutal tax plan that will both exacerbate the debt and raise taxes on non-millionaires to attempts to repeal vital parts of the…
Impact Lab: Discussion On Veteran and Gold Star Family Support With Ami Neiberger-Miller
In the latest episode of Impact Lab, we take a look at the issues faced by veterans and Gold Star Families. Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman talks with Ami Neighberger-Miller, a nonprofit communications professional based in…
Impact Lab: Interview With Chinazo Enigwe, Founder of KAMSI Magazine
Join Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman for a discussion with Chinazo Enigwe. Chinazo founded KAMSI Magazine in Philadelphia in order to promote positive images of people of color and to inspire positive change.
Impact Lab: Interview With Valeria Duflot, Co-Founder of Venezia Autentica
Join Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman for a discussion with Valeria Duflot, co-founder of Venezia Autentica, an organization founded to save Venice, Italy from the negative effects of mass tourism. Venezia Autentica connects tourists with the…
Hurricane Harvey: How You Can Help Texans Impacted By Flooding
Catastrophic flooding has hit Houston and surrounding areas, as rains continues in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Up to 26 inches of rain – more than half of the area’s average annual rainfall – has already fallen, and experts say…
Impact Lab: Interview With Dinah Davis, Founder Of Code Like A Girl
Join Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman for a discussion with Dinah Davis, founder of Code Like a Girl, an online platform designed to change society’s perception of women and girls in technology.
Impact Lab: Interview With Amy-Willard Cross, Founder Of Gender Fair
Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman sits down with Amy-Willard Cross in this installment of the Impact Lab podcast. Amy founded Gender Fair, a public benefit corporation that operates a consumer index that enables consumers to purchase…
Falling Behind: United States “Second Tier” Country in Well-being
Trump my have promised to “Make America Great Again,” but the country is trailing other Western democracies when it comes to a number of quality of life metrics. Institutional discrimination, lack of environmental protections, and poor access to healthcare have…
Impact Lab: Interview with Alejandra Guzman of New Orleans Business Alliance
Join Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman for an in-depth discussion with Alejandra Guzman of New Orleans Business Alliance (NOLABA). Alejandra is the Vice President of Program Development and Strategy at NOLABA, and has extensive experience working…
Impact Lab: Interview with Avery Bang of Bridges to Prosperity
Join Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman for a discussion with Avery Bang, the CEO of Bridges to Prosperity – a certified four star charity on Charity Navigator. Avery and her organization work to construct footbridges over…
Georgia Police Officers Fired After Violently Assaulting Black Motorist
Last Wednesday, jarring footage emerged from a suburb outside of Atlanta in which two white police officers appear to assault a non-violent black motorist stopped for a missing license plate. In one video, Sgt. Michael Bongiovanni can be seen violently…
Impact Lab: Panel Discussion with Red Bull Amaphiko Academy Community Partners
Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman talks to several important community partners of the Red Bull Amaphiko Academy. The social entrepreneurship incubator program is set to make is US debut in Baltimore this August. The panelists include…
Social Impact: The Red Bull Amaphiko Academy Comes to Baltimore
As the United States braces for major cuts to its social spending, some corporations are stepping up to help make a positive impact in US communities. Red Bull – the Austrian company known for its potent energy drinks – sponsored…
Milo Meets His Match: A Bigot’s Unglamorous Fall
Milo Yiannopoulos is an awful person. From encouraging trolls to single out and attack women online, dismissing Black Lives Matter activists as terrorists, and humiliating transgender people by name in front of audiences, the (now former) Breitbart editor has made…
People with Disabilities Turned Out in Record Numbers to Defy Trump
While the Women’s March on Washington shattered records as the largest public demonstration in US history, the Trump team was – quite pathetically – offering “alternative facts” to contend that the turnout for Trump’s inaugural festivities were just as high,…
Impact Lab: A Thoughtful Discussion on Rape Culture, Sexism, and Homophobia
Join us for a deeply personal conversation between Bay Area activist Angie Hilem and Key Elements Group LLC President and CEO Lynette Zimmerman. The two discuss topics including rape culture, sexism, gender parity, and homophobia.
Why I Won’t Give Your Nonprofit Money
Over the past three weeks I received fundraising calls from three different groups that purported to serve first-responders: police, firefighters, and veterans. I truly would like to support the men and women who risk their lives to serve us. In…
Could North Carolina Voter Suppression Win Trump the Election?
After FBI Director James Comey’s bombshell letter to congressional leaders – in which he vaguely refers to emails discovered in an ongoing investigation into disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner which may or may not be relevant to the concluded Clinton…
Federal Judge Lifts Ban on Dakota Access Pipeline in Blow to Activists
This Sunday, a federal court landed a blow to environmental activists and Native American protestors battling the Dakota Access Pipeline since May. The pipeline – which will stretch over four states from the Bakken oilfield in North Dakota to refineries…