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Is Climate Change Making Loneliness Worse?

NonProfit Quarterly

As the Canadian Medical Association Journal wrote in 2021, “Studies have linked the consumption of bad news to increased distress, anxiety and depression, even when the news in question is relatively mundane.” Climate Feelings and Severe Weather Events High temperatures make loneliness worse—and loneliness makes heat worse.

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Development & Marketing Associate

Anedot

Works closely with Senior Manager of Policy on housing rights campaigns to understand technical policy and share outcomes of grassroots engagement, educate residents about our housing priorities and strategy, support the development and distribution of materials like event flyers, one pagers, sign-on petitions, and more Organize community facing efforts (..)

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What the US’ Mass Incarceration Regime Costs Black Women

NonProfit Quarterly

53 Second, to create a lower-bound estimate for the intensive reintegrative support that many women provide for family members returning from prison, we can draw on cost estimates associated with providing professional case management for returning prisoners. 56 This burden lands disproportionately on Black women. billion ($40,138,541,763).

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Strengthening Democracy by Practicing It

NonProfit Quarterly

Self-governing, bottom-up membership associations are replaced by donor-governed, top-down memberless “firms,” NGOs barred from partisan politics lest they compromise their donors’ tax benefits. Berkeley Journal of Sociology 17 (1972/73): 151–64. Access to public power now depends far more on ownership than on citizenship.

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Is fundraising hurting itself?

Fundraising Coach

There is a professional body: the Association of Fundraising Professionals." To which I'd answer,"Then why is there also the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy?" Most of us trying to create a profession of fundraising have borrowed from business, economics, sociology, anthropology, and neurology. You may say, "Wait!

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Jocelyn Harmon Joins Care2 as Director of Nonprofit Services

Care2

She started her career at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and then led the Development and Communications activities for the National Council of Nonprofits, an association of 22,000 local charities. Jocelyn has a Masters of Arts in Sociology from the University of Washington. ?

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Voter Engagement Coordinator

Anedot

Requirements Knowledge of Latino, immigrant, or low-income communities in Marin County Associate or Bachelor’s degree in social justice, social work, sociology, public policy, other related fields, or equivalent combination of education and experience.