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Tanya Cothran
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Valuing Hard-to-Measure Impact
“We know it’s hard for you to see the outcomes of our work because it’s not like we can show you piglets or a building or anything,” the...
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SIA Team
- Jan 25
- 5 min
Fellow Citizens with All God’s People
This is an excerpt from the sermon Tanya Cothran gave at United Methodist Church, Point Richmond, in October 2023. If you'd like Tanya to...
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SIA Team
- Nov 16, 2023
- 3 min
What touches the life of one of us affects us all
Each week in my church, the worship leader invites us into a time when we acknowledge “the many ways that we are connected in this life,...
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SIA Team
- Oct 18, 2023
- 2 min
Helpful Websites for Working Internationally
My top three apps for connecting internationally.
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SIA Team
- Feb 17, 2023
- 2 min
Seeing each other as humans
This is adapted from part of a sermon by Tanya Cothran to the United Methodist Church in Point Richmond, CA, in October 2022. Read more...
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SIA Team
- Jan 5, 2023
- 2 min
Recognizing Community Contributions
Excerpt from a sermon by Tanya Cothran to the United Methodist Church in Point Richmond, CA, in October 2022. One of the groups applying...
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SIA Team
- Nov 20, 2022
- 2 min
Update from Uganda!
SIA Board President Kathleen King and SIA Executive Director, Tanya Cothran, are in Uganda this week, visiting our grant partners and...
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SIA Team
- Apr 14, 2022
- 3 min
Russia-Ukraine War increasing costs in Eastern Africa
One of the far-reaching effects of the war in Ukraine is dramatically rising costs of basic goods across much of the African continent....
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SIA Team
- Mar 31, 2022
- 2 min
What a celebration of community!
Over the weekend, we celebrated 25 years of community partnership through Spirit in Action. 48 people attended from 4 different countries...
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SIA Team
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
Join us! Meet Spirit in Action Partners
Just ten more days! On March 27th at 2pm PDT (5pm EDT), you are invited to see the impact of Spirit in Action Partners and hear about our...
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SIA Team
- Jan 20, 2022
- 2 min
New Grants for 2022!
It’s 2022 and Spirit in Action is embarking on a new year of partnerships with amazing grassroots organizations in Eastern Africa. In...
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SIA Team
- Dec 16, 2021
- 5 min
Let's add to their efforts
This week's blog post is an excerpt from my sharing at United Methodist Church, Point Richmond last month. If you would like me to speak...
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SIA Team
- Sep 23, 2021
- 4 min
Happy anniversary to me!
This month marks my 14th anniversary with Spirit in Action. When I started back in 2007, I never guessed how much this organization would...
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SIA Team
- Jun 17, 2021
- 3 min
Trust-Based Philanthropy and Savings Groups for the Elderly
Over the weekend, the SIA North American Board and the African Advisory Board met to review our grantmaking strategy, and to begin...
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SIA Team
- May 20, 2021
- 1 min
Spring Newsletter! Read success stories, community impact, and what inspires our grant partners
The 2021 Spring & Summer newsletter is here! Ubuntu Community Organization opened their new brightly-painted office in Githurai, Kenya....
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SIA Team
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
"Abundant Life for All"
I woke up to the news of the violence against eight people, including six women of Asian descent, in Atlanta, Georgia. In some ways, it...
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SIA Team
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
"Our partners know best what they need"
It’s not often that international aid is featured on the editorial pages of a major newspaper. So I was excited and pleasantly surprised...
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SIA Team
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
Happy New Year! Welcome to SIA's 25th year!
Happy New Year! Last year was a big one for Spirit in Action. We gave $18,800 to 20 partner organizations for emergency COVID-19...
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SIA Team
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Our Dreams for SIA
Last year, at the conference in Kenya where we dreamed up the African Advisory Board, I asked those gathered about their vision for SIA....
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