https://www.amherst.edu/ en https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/courses/1011F/FYSE/FYSE-21-1011F/announcements/node/225187 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">News Item</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><a title="View user profile." href="/user/29749" class="username">Maria R. Heim</a></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2010-09-06T08:53:21-04:00" title="Monday, September 6, 2010, at 8:53 AM" class="datetime">Monday, 9/6/2010, at 8:53 AM</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Periodically, I will put articles up that are in the news about giving, charity, and philanthropy.</p><p>This week's New York Times Magazine is devoted to philanthropy and charity. Check out in particular Nicholas Kristof's piece on Do-It-Yourself International Social Activism:&nbsp; <b>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/magazine/24volunteerism-t.html?ref=magazine</b>.</p><p>This piece is from early August, but since its about billionaires pledging to give half their wealth to charity and this week we are discussing potlatch and similar things, I thought it might be of interest:&nbsp; <b>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128983170.</b></p><p>Here's an article from Monday, September 6:&nbsp;<b> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/us/politics/06charity.html?_r=1&amp;hp.</b></p></div> Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:53:21 +0000 mrheim 225187 at https://www.amherst.edu