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How to Help Events Industry Professionals Impacted by Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael smashed into the Florida Panhandle and left a trail of destruction. Join the PCMA Education Foundation in helping your events industry colleagues affected by the storm.
How Milwaukee Puts Housing First
The “housing first” philosophy puts the chronically homeless in secure housing as a first step, rather than focusing on behavior or other issues. Here’s the difference it has made in Milwaukee County.
Hacking Homelessness
Gallus Events founder William Thomson created Homeless Hackathon Glasgow, bringing together hacker participants, along with representatives from local institutions and nonprofit organizations, to yield potential solutions to homelessness. The result? Not one, but three projects currently under development.
4 Ways Meetings Help Homeless Communities
Here are some of the ways events make an impact.
Homelessness — ‘Something We Have to Fix’
How the meetings industry is responding to homelessness.
Another Way to Look at ‘Sustainable Tourism’
A Tourism Ireland event at Lotte New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan reinforced the value of tourism to economies and societies.
‘A Day of Reckoning’ — How Events are Changing the World
Our September cover story showcases three international events, two of which launched this year to address the challenge of human migration from completely different disciplines. All three hinge on bringing together perspectives from all over the world to focus on solutions to our most pressing issues.
‘It’s About Learning Through Play’
The LEGO Group’s Build the Change events are all about doing good — for children, the communities in which the events are held, and the company itself.
An “Un-Conference” for Poverty and Social Injustice
The Opportunity Collaboration summit brings professionals from different disciplines together to create sustainable solutions to poverty and social injustice — in as “un-conference” a way as possible.
‘We Can’t Sit By and Close Our Eyes.’
PCMA Community Advocate of the Year finalist Ken Sien on combatting human trafficking through awareness and education.
‘There’s a Lot of Potential for Quick Action.’
When Hurricane Harvey struck last year, PCMA Community Advocate of the Year Finalist Rachael Riggs had to think on her feet, spurring a grassroots volunteer effort through unexpected means — by creating an Amazon wish list.
Here’s What Moved These Community-Minded Meeting Profs to Take Action
When the three PCMA Community Advocate of the Year finalists saw a wrong they could make right, they didn’t hesitate to take action.