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8 organizations recommended by One Good Story Project on the topic of community.

Desmond Jackson of the United States competing in the men’s T42 long jump at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, wearing a below-the-knee sports prosthesis. Photograph by Fernando Frazao, Agencia Brasil, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Community So Every BODY Can Move United States, state by state So Every BODY Can Move is a national policy and advocacy effort launched in 2022 by four national nonprofit partners, the American… Learn more Adaptive Action Sports logo Community Adaptive Action Sports Copper Mountain, Colorado Amy Purdy and Daniel Gale founded Adaptive Action Sports in 2005, after she had struggled to find a way back into snowboarding… Learn more Eviction Lab, the eviction research lab at Princeton University Community Eviction Lab Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey The Eviction Lab is a research team at Princeton University founded by sociologist Matthew Desmond in 2017. It published the first national… Learn more The Furniture Bank Network logo Community The Furniture Bank Network United States and Canada The Furniture Bank Network connects local furniture banks across the United States and Canada. Each one takes donated furniture and uses it… Learn more Vancouver Business Network banner on dark blue, headed An Entrepreneurs International Network Branch, with portraits of founder Iman Aghay and organizer Becky Askerlund. Community Vancouver Business Network Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The Vancouver Business Network is a community of active and aspiring small business owners and entrepreneurs in Vancouver, British Columbia. Iman Aghay… Learn more Humble Design logo Community Humble Design Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, and San Diego Humble Design furnishes empty living spaces for families coming out of homelessness, free of charge and with real attention to how each… Learn more Blue Ribbons Worldwide logo Community Blue Ribbons Worldwide San Diego, California Blue Ribbons Worldwide is the home of the "Who I Am Makes A Difference" Blue Ribbon Ceremony, a one-minute way to tell… Learn more New Directions for Veterans logo Community New Directions for Veterans Los Angeles, California New Directions for Veterans started in 1992, when two formerly homeless Vietnam veterans and a local advocate opened a five-bedroom house in… Learn more