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Safe At Work: How To Lead During Election Season With Fairness and Civility

Fundraising Leadership

election2024 ” The mission of civility during this time applies to private companies, non-profits (that are legally mandated to be non-partisan), as well as larger public companies with an extensive employee base and perhaps a distanced hierarchy of ownership. Decreasing political anxiety at work is the goal.

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Brave New World: What Does the Digital Age Portend for Health Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health justice advocacy groups adapted their strategies to the digital realm, leveraging social media platforms, virtual events, and other online resources to raise awareness and organize their efforts.1 Telemedicine, for example, powered by digital platforms, is a transformative force in improving access.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.

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How to Align Assets with Mission: Small Steps That Nonprofits Can Take

NonProfit Quarterly

Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. Together, these smaller nonprofits have an estimated $22.1

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By prohibiting any future sale of the property to Black or other non-white owners, restrictive covenants gave white buyers confidence that their homes and neighborhoods would remain white enclaves and therefore retain the “ enduring value ” that Cafritz promised for his “lifetime homes.”

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Her lack of access to healthy food, along with the stress associated with getting food and making ends meet, exacerbates her risk. Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes.

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The Business Case for DEI Reinforces Anti-Black Sentiment

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet rather than acknowledging and responding to its roots in organizing against White supremacy, DEI has developed into an industry that focuses on surface-level, individualistic engagement, and the bottom line—that is, on the ways DEI can boost profitability.