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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Innovators, company founders, and other tech enthusiasts have long tried to sell the public on the idea that AI will create a path to a brighter future. AJL combines “art and research to illuminate the social implications and harms of AI.”

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Design as a Tool for Positive Change: A Conversation with Lesley-Ann Noel

NonProfit Quarterly

By teaching people to better understand the world around them, including the challenges and inequities embedded within it, she teaches people how to creatively reimagine the structures, policies, processes, and social interactions that align with a better future. I focus on social issues. I started off in furniture design.

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How Can We Support Youth Mental Health?

NonProfit Quarterly

A 2015 report on gender injustice—entitled Gender Injustice: Systems-level Juvenile Justice Reforms for Girls and produced in partnership with the National Women’s Law Center—notes that 40 percent of girls in juvenile detentions across the country identify as lesbian, bisexual, gender non-conforming, or transgender.

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Can Public Power Advance Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Luriko Yamaguchi on pexel.com What is public power? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced. Why focus on “public power”? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced.

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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Education

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Public trust: Monitoring shows commitment to responsible use of resources and best serving beneficiaries.

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Telemedicine in Ukraine Is Showing That High-Tech Isn’t Always Better

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Furthermore, many people suffer from chronic illnesses or social barriers that prevent them from accessing health care through physician offices and hospitals. A study of 700 children with appendectomies found a text message intervention to answer questions reduced post-op ED visits by over half. private, Medicare, or state Medicaid).

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Why answering “no” to these four questions guarantees failure in your fundraising efforts

iMarketSmart

Maybe it’s access to a valuable social network. Pets, cancer, healthcare, and hospice are normally winners.[24]. They may be especially concerned for those who have no children visiting them.) So does delivering publicity or gratitude. Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal, 12 , 235-285. Conclusion.