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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We We need] the means to build associations that are powerful enough to successfully challenge the economic powers that be. Mutualism is the right to associate let loose in the economy. This must be rectified.

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Rough Draft of a Nonprofit Social Media Policy

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

During last week’s webinar on Creating a Social Media Policy for Your Nonprofit , we used the Policy Tool for Social Media to create a rough draft of a policy. What resulted is a crowd-sourced rough draft of a nonprofit social media policy (link to a Word doc for you to download).

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Drivers Cooperative-Colorado: Building a Social Co-op for Rideshare Drivers

NonProfit Quarterly

One powerful way to change this and support gig drivers is by creating a cooperative, specifically a social cooperative. Social cooperatives share the same goal as other cooperatives, including following a principle of one person, one vote in organizational governance. A] unique feature of social cooperatives is their social mission.

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Can Labor Save Higher Education as a Public Good?

NonProfit Quarterly

Even the traditional national teacher unionsthe National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)are dominated by members working in K12 systems, not higher education. This view is truly disruptive of historic social relationships and university hierarchies. This simple organizing slogan caught on.

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AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

It reaches into healthcare, finance, justice, education, and public policy, promising to streamline and elevate. Nonprofit leaders are the voices that can hold AI accountable, making it a tool that heals rather than harms, that liberates rather than limits.

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How nonprofits can engage in policy advocacy now 

Candid

In June 2024, Florida governor Ron DeSantis vetoed $32 million in state funding for nonprofit arts organizations. As I discussed next steps with a nonprofit partner—like educating their community about the impact of this loss of funding—concerns about engaging in “political talk” emerged. nonprofits across the country.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Lauren Lawson-Zilai

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. . Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. Would YOU like to be featured in this series? She tweets from @LaurenLLawson. timeframe.