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HOW TO: Effectively Manage Hate and Anger on Social Media Sites

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As someone who studied political science and has long believed in the power of the Internet to create positive social change, I am quite disturbed by what I am witnessing on this Facebook Page and others like it. The more people argue with them, the more active they will get on your page. You have to moderate. They want a fight.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise.

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Unlearning to Relearn: An Interview with Stephanie Bowman of Mothers Out Front

NonProfit Quarterly

Iris Crawford : What led you to climate activism and eventually to Mothers Out Front? So, I went to college at Hampton University and studied political science. After graduation, I worked for a law firm focusing on discrimination cases and began to see Kansas City’s various injustices first-hand.

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5 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Behavioral Science to Raise More Money Online

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What is Behavioral Science? Behavioral Science relates to the interactions and activities of human beings. The field observes and analyzes human relationships through behavioral aspects including geography, biology, law, psychiatry, and political science. Here’s what you need to know.

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What Does It Mean to Dismantle Racial Capitalism Anyway?

NonProfit Quarterly

Robinson, a professor of political science and Black studies. 11 A study by the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern Law School in Evanston, IL, found that ShotSpotter has a false alarm rate of 89 percent. 29 In the world of work, it means actively challenging the “gig economy.”

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. The Politics of Movements How have movements responded to the causes and effects of skyrocketing inequality?

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

And I’ll give you about 30 seconds or so to activate. I know people are transitioning from meetings and … so please activate the survey. So that’s how you sort of lay that foundation, you start activating it, and then you progress. So with all that extra time to spare, I got activated, right? Here we go.