Nguyen1 Quyen Nguyen Engl 1002 18 November 2013

Inquiry Paper Non-profit organizations are ell !no n to be "#aritable an$

important in so"iety% &#ere are $ifferent "ategories su"# as "ivil rig#ts' illnesses an$ $iseases a areness' "#arity' an$ even religious a areness% (o ever' people fail to noti"e t#e lo su""ess rate' morals'

an$ finan"ial problems t#ese non-profit organizations #ave% )out#east *sian +oalition' a non-profit organization' is a group t#at fo"uses on yout# empo erment an$ "ivil engagement'% &#e non-profit organization starte$ in 2010 an$ no "ontinues to gro e,ponentially

in one bran"# of t#e organization% *las' as t#e group starte$ gro ing' t#ey lost sig#t of t#e goals an$ morals t#ey originally #a$ an$ #aving lo su""ess rates in ot#er bran"#es% It "an be easily agree$ t#at

$espite nonprofit organizations $o not a"tually get any profit' t#ey still #ave to -eat. in or$er for t#eir organization to survive% Non-profit organizations nee$ to fin$ a better $ire"tion in or$er to fulfill t#eir state$ mission to benefit a larger "ommunity% )out#east *sian +oalition #as been !no n t#e most for "ivil

Nguyen2 engagement from #elping refugees a$apt to t#e life in t#e /nite$ )tates to parti"ipating in rallies an$ protests t#at blo"! important roa$s' te"#ni"ally temporarily s#utting $o n t#e e"onomy% *s t#e $is"ourse "ommunity in"reasingly be"omes ell !no n to *sian ell

"ommunity an$ t#e 0atino "ommunity' t#e group also be"omes !no n to government offi"ials an$ la very #ig# rate enfor"ement as

ell% &#ere is a

#ere at least one person in t#e protests an$ t#e rallies

#ave been arreste$ an$ some even #ave been $eporte$ ba"! to t#eir native "ountry $ue to being arreste$ as an illegal in t#e /nite$ )tates% &#e $is"ourse "ommunity #as use$ t#eir pro bono la yers more often t#an (ers#ey1s +#o"olate +ompany uses sugar in t#eir "#o"olate% It is un$erstan$able t#at in or$er to get a message a"ross' protests an$ rallies must #appen but it s#oul$ not #appen illegal immigrants or refugees #en most members are

#o are t#e sole brea$ inner for t#e

family% It is $isappointing t#at many ta!e ris! for su"# a young organization% )a$ly' )out#east *sian +oalition is only one of t#e very many non-profit organizations it# inner moral problems%

+ivil engagement "an sometimes go too far an$ "an be very violent% &#e 2la"! Pant#ers' an infamous "ivil rig#ts group in t#e 1340s' very ere

ell !no n for violen"e to assert bla"! mas"ulinity instea$ of non-

violent protests su"# as t#e 5reensboro )it-In% *lt#oug# t#ey $o #elp non-violent "ivil engagement organizations by prote"ting t#em' t#ey #elp t#em -by guar$ing *fri"an *meri"an "#ur"#es' private #omes an$

Nguyen3 meeting pla"es it# t#eir it# guns an$ on o""asion' t#ese guar$s tra$e$ s#ots

#ite atta"!ers. 67en$t8%&#e 2la"! Pant#ers is t#e perfe"t

e,ample of an organization t#at $oes protest an$ rally for sometimes t#e rig#t "ause but pus#ing t#eir message in t#e rong ay% 9iolent it# a terrible

"ivil engagement or even non-violent "ivil engagement ay of sprea$ing t#eir message ill al ays be in trouble%

+ivil engagement organizations s#oul$ protest an$ rally in t#e most respe"table ay it#out #arming anyone% In or$er to maintain a goo$

reputation an$ members' it is safer to protest an$ rally in t#e most non-violent ay% 5an$#i' a famous a"tivist' protests an$ rally in t#e ay an$ is still "onsi$ere$ one of t#e most influential

most non-violent

people in #istory% :artin 0ut#er ;ing <unior' anot#er "ivil rig#ts a"tivist' loo!e$ up to 5an$#i as a role mo$el an$ as famous for #is non-

violent protests an$ rallies an$ is also "onsi$ere$ one of t#e most influential people in #istory% +ivil engagement "an be su""essful it#out s#utting $o n t#e e"onomy or #arming anyone% =espite t#e su""ess )out#east *sian +oalition garnere$ in t#e "ivil engagement bran"#' t#e same level of su""ess as not rea"#e$ in t#e

yout# empo erment bran"#% Every &ues$ay' t#e yout#s in t#e organization gat#er in or$er to $o t#eir #ome or!' tal! about *sian "ulture' or even protest an$ rally at events% (o ever' fe er yout#s are "oming to t#e meetings an$ events #oste$ by t#e )out#east *sian

NguyenC +oalition partially be"ause yout#s #ave been s!ipping meetings in or$er to live t#e life of "rime% >ne yout# re"ently as sent to ?uvenile

$etention "enter on a""ount of arme$ robbery an$ brea!ing an$ entering@ ot#er yout#s also ere in trouble for "rime an$ #a$ to go

t#roug# "ommunity servi"e% &#e state$ mission for t#e yout# empo erment bran"# is to benefit t#e yout#s to be "onfi$ent an$ better yet t#e group #a$ faile$ t#e yout# by not !eeping t#em off t#e streets% )out#east *sian +oalition must #elp yout#s buil$ "onfi$en"e to believe t#ey "an better so"iety as being on t#e streets% Neig#bor#oo$ yout# organizations su"# as A:+* an$ t#e 2oys an$ 5irls +lub #ave been establis#e$ for over a "entury to !eep yout#s from being influen"e it# $anger after s"#ool% &o$ay' mo$ern an$ ell as !eeping t#em o""upy from

$iverse yout# organizations try to improve yout#s1 gra$es' "onfi$en"e an$ lea$ers#ip buil$ing' an$ preventing yout#s from being influen"e from being in influen"e$ by $angerous people% Problems yout# organizations are -barriers su"# as poor a""ess to transportation' "ostly parti"ipation fees' "onfli"ting responsibilities' an$ la"! of interest prevents yout#s from parti"ipating in after s"#ool a"tivities. 65ar$ner an$ 2roo!s-5unn 40B8% 7it# a la"! of interest' yout#s ant a$venture an$ a"tion' "onsequently paving a roa$ to a life it# mo$ern

of "rime% 2e"ause to$ay1s e"onomy is still in ba$ s#ape' neig#bor#oo$ yout# organizations are in"reasing t#eir parti"ipation fees' ma!ing it

Nguyen4 easier for yout#s to s#ift from yout# organizations to a life of "rime% Aout# organizations must "ut a portion of fees in or$er for yout#s to affor$ su"# organizations as ma!ing t#em feel in"lu$e$% >rganizations it# yout# members#ips s#oul$ be more involve$ in ell in"rease yout# parti"ipations by

ma!ing yout#s feel in"lu$e$ in or$er to prevent yout#s from living a life of "rime% Aout# parti"ipation in organizations is lo are too many members to t#e point be"ause t#ere

#ere a$ults "annot "ater to ea"#

yout#% &o in"rease yout# parti"ipation' "ounselors or mentors must "ommuni"ate t#em it# t#e yout#s from as!ing #o t#eir $ay as or #elping

it# t#eir "onfli"ts% :entors an$ "ounselors also s#oul$ treat

yout#s as a sibling instea$ of merely a babysitting ?ob% Aout# organizations s#oul$ be a reme$y for yout#s to avoi$ "rime instea$ of t#e reason #y yout#s are s aye$ to a $angerous life%

)out#east *sian +oalition1s finan"ial issues are starting to be"ome more troublesome% 2e"ause t#ey are a non-profit organization' t#e only a$vantage t#e group re"eives is ta,-e,emption% )out#east *sian +oalition must "ontinue paying rent for t#e pla"e t#e meet as ell as

supplies for bot# t#e "ivil engagement an$ yout# empo erment bran"#es% )out#east *sian +oalition is also at a $e"line of pro-bono la yers #o #ave been or!ing e,"essively for trials from immigration

problems to ma!ing sure t#e protestors $o not go to ?ail% 7it#out pro-

NguyenE bono la yers' t#e organization oul$ be for"e$ to #ire la yers it#

t#eir alrea$y s#ort amount of money or finan"ially unstable immigrants oul$ be for"e$ to pay for e,pensive la yers% &#e organization nee$s to #ave more fun$raising events as give $onations as ell% ell as an easier ay for people to

)in"e to$ay1s e"onomy is in ba$ s#ape' it is #ar$er for nonprofit organizations to re"eive fun$ing an$ simply mig#t rely on $onations an$ fun$raising@ alt#oug# some nonprofit organizations #ave finan"ial management ba"!groun$ in or$er for it to survive% :ost religious nonprofit organizations la"! t#e finan"ial management ba"!groun$ an$ $epen$ on goo$ fait# #ile #aving s#a$y numbers for fun$s%

Nevert#eless' religious nonprofit organizations fo"us more on volunteers an$ small amounts of employees in or$er to pay for salaries an$ -a passionate belief in t#e mission of t#e organization provi$es t#e require$ energy to foun$ an$ nurture t#e organization to $o 5o$1s or!. 67ooten' +o!er' an$ Elmore 3C48% In a money #unger in =ar inism' natural sele"tion is a !ey to survival@ in ot#er orl$ an$ or$s' if a

nonprofit organization $oes not #ave enoug# fun$ing for its liabilities' it ill eventually be $estroye$% Dun$raising #as been very #elpful for all types of profit an$ nonprofit organizations for bot# $onations an$ getting potential members to ?oin% Dun$raising is not ?ust about money' -it is about

NguyenB learning to "ommuni"ate effe"tively it# publi"' $eveloping a net or!

of ent#usiasti" an$ "ommitte$ supporters for your "ause' an$ buil$ing a strong an$ su""essful organization it# "onfi$en"e. 6Norton an$ +uls#a #i"# is able to fa"e t#e future 48% Dun$raising from small oul$

events su"# as ba!e sales to large events su"# as a "#arity ball

not only be entertaining' but an in"reasing "#an"e of gaining members an$ patrons% Dun$raising in"reases publi" relations' "ommuni"ation' an$ a better relations#ip it# members% &#e "on"ept of fun$raising not

only strengt#ens t#e organization1s fun$s' but also t#e relations of $onors an$ members% Publi"ity an$ reputation are very important in any organization an$ it $oes #elp t#at organization "loser to t#eir state$ mission% &o t#e )out#east *sian +oalition' publi"ity an$ reputation are t#e most important in or$er to get finan"ial support% )out#east *sian +oalition $oes #ave an amazing publi"ity #en it "omes to "ivil engagement%

)out#east *sian +oalition "an be seen in ne spapers an$ &9 ne s o""asionally #en it "omes to #elping *sian-*meri"ans it# limite$

Englis# vote or get t#eir "itizens#ips an$ $uring protests or rallies% (o ever' #en it "omes to reputation' t#e organization fails to "ause a

goo$ reputation t#at attra"ts potential members% )in"e t#e publi"ity of t#e organization is fo"use$ solely on t#e parti"ipation of protests an$ rallies' )out#east *sian +oalition1s reputation lies on t#e arrests an$ $eportations from t#e organization% In or$er for t#e nonprofit

Nguyen8 organization to rea"# its goals' it must start goo$ reputation in or$er to rebuil$% &#e )usan 5 ;omen for t#e +ure Doun$ation is internationally for its breast "an"er resear"# as ell !no n it# a foun$ation of a

ell as #ouse#ol$

bran$s support t#em by putting foun$ation alongsi$e t#e bran$s1 pro$u"ts in a$vertisements% In t#e past $e"a$e' t#e )usan 5 ;omen Doun$ation is overs#a$o e$ by anot#er po erful omen1s

organization' Planne$ Parent#oo$% 0i!e its rival' Planne$ Parent#oo$ is ell !no n for its "ontroversy su"# as -being investigate$ by a "ongressional sub"ommittee' "#aire$ by Fep% +liff )tearns of Dlori$a' for allege$ly using ta,payer money to fun$ abortions. 6Del$mann8' a$$ition to t#e )upreme +ourt "ases t#at t#e organization #as entere$ in t#e past fifty years% Planne$ Parent#oo$ bol$ly "laime$ )usan 5 ;omen Doun$ation for being an opponent to abortion as t#e reason #y t#e )usan 5 ;omen Doun$ation to "ut grants for Planne$ Parent#oo$% (o ever' t#e allegation #as alrea$y ta!en a toll to t#e )usan 5 ;omen Doun$ation as t#ey ere in furt#er investigation of not

using t#e grants for t#eir o n personal agen$a% &#e organization #ave alrea$y been in "ontroversy for its e,e"utive boar$ using t#e fun$raise$ money from $ifferent "ompanies to furnis# it for t#emselves' *n organization "an still get a ba$ reputation an$ ba$ publi"ity' $espite #o infamous it is%

Nguyen3 &o re"eive a better publi"ity an$ reputation' nonprofit organizations s#oul$ #elp ea"# ot#er an$ squas# any past rivalry% :ost nonprofit organizations1 state$ missions are t#e sameG to benefit so"iety% 7it# organizations #elping ea"# ot#er #an$ in #an$' t#ey "an bot# rea"# t#eir state$ goals toget#er% Fivalry bet een $ifferent nonprofit organizations point oul$ try preventing t#em for rea"#ing t#eir goals to t#e ill $estroy ea"# ot#er% Fivalry oul$

#ere t#e organizations

also "ause "ontroversy an$ lea$s to bot# organizations losing members or fun$ing% )ome nonprofit organizations su"# as religious organizations an$ #omeless s#elters "ollaborate in or$er to fulfill ea"# ot#er1s goals% Feligious organizations1 main goal is to -$o 5o$1s by #elping t#e poor' t#e $isable$' an$ t#e ill goals are to #elp t#ose or!.

#ile #omeless s#elters1

#o are #omeless% 2e"ause t#ey #ave almost oul$ #elp #omeless s#elters #ile -$oing 5o$1s

t#e same goals' religious organizations

by sen$ing volunteers to $onate "lot#es an$ foo$

or!.' fulfilling ea"# ot#er1s goals% &#erefore' religious organizations an$ #omeless s#elters ten$ to #ave a goo$ reputation "ollaborating it# ea"# ot#er% #en

Nonprofit organizations su"# as t#e )out#east *sian +oalition #ave a lot "#ange in or$er to a$apt to mo$ern times% Drom trying to "onne"t it# yout#s to being more open not ?ust t#e )out#east *sian "ommunity but to all "ommunities' t#ere is #ope t#at t#e )out#east *sian +oalition ill su""ee$ for being fle,ible to its surroun$ings%

Nguyen10 (opefully' )out#east *sian +oalition ill see t#eir errors an$ "#ange

t#eir s#ort"omings in or$er to "reate a better environment for members as ell as surviving it# an out of s#ape e"onomy by simply

using more time to t#in! on long-term $e"isions to "atering t#eir members1 nee$s% *fter t#e )out#east *sian +oalition #as ma$e some a$?ustments to t#eir $ay-to-$ay operations' t#ey ot#er non-profit organizations ill #ave su""ess an$

ill use t#em as a mo$el to base

t#emselves of% Nonprofit organizations' alt#oug# $ifferent' all #ave one important goalG to better so"iety%

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