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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

One of the grandmothers was holding and cooing to the baby, while the grandfather played a game with pre-teen children, freeing the granddaughter to make the fire and cook the meal. Children grow up and leave their parents behind, starting new “nuclear” family units. Households are a function of housing as much as culture.

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Parents Are in Crisis: A Developmental Framework Can Offer Support

NonProfit Quarterly

On August 28, 2024, the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared parental stress a public health crisis. While it is rarely acknowledged, parents undergo their own developmental changes alongside their children. Development is not an isolated, individual process but one that unfolds within a network of relationships.

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How Guaranteed Income Can Support the Arts—And Ourselves

NonProfit Quarterly

Despite the accolades, these artists were low-income and eligible for our program, which means they’d fallen through the severed US social safety net. Could a regular public program of guaranteed income, especially for artists, make a difference? That is the critical policy question that our pilot intended to explore.

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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.

Health 109
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Mental Health Advocates Aim to Dismantle Barriers to Care for Latinx Residents

NonProfit Quarterly

This gap is fueled by a series of barriers that include linguistic limitations, higher poverty rates, lack of insurance, the high cost of treatment, the lack of bilingual services, and the lack of training of many mental health professionals to understand Latin American cultures that often discourage accessing mental healthcare.

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What Post-Election Narratives Reveal About the United States

NonProfit Quarterly

Current framing (even on the left) is a remnant of racialized capitalism that positions Black Americans, Indigenous people, and people of color as personally responsible for their lack of progress; positions public spending in communities of color as a handout instead of an investment; and leaves unchallenged an us versus them story.

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Stewards of the Earth: Centering Young Leaders of Color in the Face of Climate Crisis

NonProfit Quarterly

Children and young people are filled with wonder and reverence for the natural world and are imparted with the hope of the generation that brought them here. We always have been and always will be the stewards of the earth. Thus, young people who have maintained that tie to our planet are crucial for this movement.”