Link of the Week: April 22 - 28
Out of Site
Nonprofit Online News, a fine site for nonprofit organizations, recently asked its readers to name the most valuable sources of print and online information. Many people responded, listing the tops in both 'general' news sites and nonprofit-specific sites. This week's link is their page listing the survey results, which also features links to all of the top sites. Many of the sites are commonly known, but there are lesser-known gems among them, and all are worthy of bookmark consideration.

FIRE Media Forum
FIRE is hosting a media forum for nonprofit organizations on May 16 at ‘Jubilee!’ featuring top editors and reporters from local media. Come out and network, and learn all about how to get your cause into the news. For more information, see our Media Forum page.

Rolling Thunder
FIRE is collaborating with other WNC nonprofit organizations, media, businesses and individuals to bring the Rolling Thunder Democracy Tour (RTD2) to the region on May 3, 2003. See the event’s local website for the latest. Laura Love, Jim Hightower, Patch Adams and many, many others are among the scheduled highlights. Tickets are now available online, at the FIRE office and at other locations for just $12 (kids under 12 free)!

Link/Article of the Week Archives
For your convenience, we've begun archiving past weeks' featured links and articles.

The Missing Link
Have any suggestions for us regarding next week’s link? Or is there information you seek, but you can’t find a helpful link? Let us know! If others would benefit from the information, we just may track down a link for you, or use your suggestion as Link of the Week.

FIRE is collaborating with other WNC nonprofit organizations, media, businesses and individuals to bring the Rolling Thunder Democracy Tour (RTD2) to the region on May 3, 2003. “The Rolling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour reawakens a great American tradition of asserting the power of regular people to fight for their rights; throws in some enlightening education, soul-stirring music, mouth-watering food and drink....” says the event’s local website.

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