Feature: Stephanie Terrell, Warm Current Board Member and member of the Quinault Tribe and Natalie Maxson, Warm Current Board Member and Member of the Makah Tribe On the fog-lined shores of the Washington coast, a different kind of learning takes place, one rooted in culture, community, and connection to ancestral waters. In this Spotlight Session, […]
Public Interest Registry (PIR) is proud to welcome six new members to the PIR Advisory Council, a distinguished group of leaders from across the nonprofit, social impact, and technology sectors who help strengthen and inform our work in service of the global .ORG Community. The Advisory Council provides strategic insight and diverse industry perspectives that guide PIR’s programs and initiatives. Together, these leaders help ensure that PIR remains responsive to the evolving needs of the mission-driven organizations. New Advisory Council Members Sarah Armstrong Founder, A Brighter Tomorrow for Africa Foundation; Founding Executive Director, Internet Society Foundation Sarah Armstrong is a seasoned philanthropic and nonprofit leader with more than two decades of experience advancing health, education, and digital globally. As Founder of A Brighter Tomorrow for Africa Foundation and Founding Executive Director of the Internet Society Foundation, she has built and scaled mission-driven organizations dedicated to expanding opportunity and Internet access
Founded in 2011 by a small but determined volunteer collective in Venice, California, Safe Place for Youth (SPY) began with simple, human acts of care. Volunteers drove through the streets offering food, clothing, hygiene supplies, and, just as importantly, kindness. These early moments of connection laid the groundwork for a community built on trust and […]
Across the Washington, DC region, small nonprofits quietly stitch together the fabric of community life. They are the mentors who stay after school long past sunset, the advocates who show up for families in moments of crisis, the caretakers who protect local parks and rivers, and the neighborhood champions who understand a problem because they […]
Feature: Michelle Schaefer, CEO and founder of the Diaper Bank of North Carolina (DBNC) What started as one mother’s determination to ease her child’s pain has grown into a statewide movement addressing one of the most overlooked basic needs: access to diapers and hygiene essentials. In this Spotlight Session, Michelle Schaefer, CEO and founder of […]
Michelle Schaefer, CEO and founder of Diaper Bank of North Carolina (DBNC), met her youngest son when he was a day old. For the first year and a half of his life, he experienced extremely severe diaper rashes that left him ill and in pain. Despite changing his diaper 30 to 40 times a day, […]
Mornings on the Washington coast begin with fog clinging to the trees and cool waves rolling in with steady rhythm. Along the shoreline, something remarkable takes shape. Families and volunteers gather as children pull on wetsuits and carry surfboards toward the water. The air hums with anticipation, soon, the Pacific will welcome its newest surfers. […]
For millions of people around the world, “home” is not the refuge it should be. As climate change intensifies it brings stronger storms, rising waters, and sudden earthquakes, leaving families unsure whether the walls around them can withstand the next disaster. Yet even in the most fragile homes, there is determination. Rather than leaving families to face each new disaster alone, Build Change provides the training, technology, and support that make safer, future-ready homes possible. Build Change steps into that space of uncertainty and helps transform them into strength. The organization’s story began in 2004, when earthquake engineer Dr. Elizabeth Hausler walked through communities in Asia recovering from major earthquakes. She observed a critical gap during post-disaster reconstruction: the new rebuilding methods often failed to produce disaster-resilient homes, mirroring the weaknesses in original construction. She knew there had to be a better way. That realization became the foundation for Build
Public Interest Registry (PIR) is thrilled to announce a significant expansion of our Policy team with the addition of highly respected domain name system veteran, Becky Burr, as Senior Policy Advisor. Becky brings deep expertise at the intersection of policy, privacy, and Internet governance to PIR. Her insights will be invaluable to PIR and our nonprofit […]