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The Connector March 2024-Special Edition
Action Alert: Government Contracting Reform
Join 100+ Washington nonprofits in calling for common sense changes to nonprofit government contracting.
The Connector – June 2023
The Connector – April 2023
National Volunteer Week
Often, I forget about National Volunteer Week. I never mean to, but it nevertheless sneaks up on me year after year… but not this year. In January, AmeriCorps and the U.S. Census Bureau released ...
What’s up with the rising overtime threshold?
Nonprofits are talking about the difficulty adjusting to the state requirement that employees under a rising salary threshold must be paid overtime for any hours work beyond 40 in any single ...
Member Spotlight: Inspire Washington
Recently, we got the chance to virtually sit down with Manny Cawaling of Inspire Washington to find out more about how they manage to make such a large impact with a small staff, what some of ...
Innovation Summit: Overcoming Burnout and Embracing Healing
Since the pandemic, the relationship between employees and employers has been thoroughly examined across the country and the results are in… people’s way of relating to their work has changed. ...
The Connector, Special Edition – March 2023
We're Moving Boldly at this year's Washington State Nonprofit Conference - the Agenda tells all.
Letter from Lianna
Are you ready to be bold?
The Connector – February 2023
Read the February Connector to learn about the Wage Equity Study, upcoming Nonprofit Legislative Agenda, NAWA's new office, and more!
Letter from Laura – February 2023
Dear Nonprofit Colleagues, It’s been a busy month, and I’ve found myself getting cranky. There are so many challenges facing nonprofits at this present moment. At NAWA, we hear from all of you ...
Human Services Workers are Underpaid
Yes, we know this is not news. But we now have new research from the UW School of Social Work and the Seattle Human Services Coalition that provides evidence that human service workers are ...