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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In 2014, six CDFIs located in regions of rural America beset by persistent poverty formed a coalition to remedy longstanding underinvestment. This article introduces our series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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Nonprofit Policy + On Trend Video + Pop Culture + Humor? YES

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

This includes having children fundraise for school needs by selling things and the duality of teachers being superheroes who are just ordinary people. In these reaction videos, Jackson talks about the real policy issues and situations referenced in the hit sitcom Abbott Elementary.

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The Economic Case against Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Almost 90 percent of SNAP participants in households with children (and at least one adult without a disability) are employed at some point within the year.

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Creating a Thank-You Video in a Day – How This Nonprofit Did It

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Angela fights homelessness and poverty by day through powerful storytelling and strategic fundraising. She chases her dogs and small children by night. What we did not learn: Where to get cute burrowing owls. Maybe next time ? Angela Crist is the CEO Findlay Hope House.

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Okinawa and the Link Between Socioeconomic Disparities and Colonialism in Japan

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Nagatsugu Asato & Nobuo Shiga The legacy of colonialism has fostered structural discrimination worldwide, creating cycles of alienation and poverty among subjugated and marginalized communities. Okinawa’s poverty rate is about 35 percent, which is twice the national average. percent of the country’s total land area.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Fabiola Johnson

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

8:00 am: I drop my children to school and call in for a huddle on my drive to work with the development team (a ten-minute daily meeting that allows us to pray together and do a quick rundown of daily goals and stuck points). Look for quotes, articles on social justice, sustainability, missions, poverty statistics, discipleship, etc.

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Gender Inequality Needs a Platform at Climate Talks

NonProfit Quarterly

Age, poverty, ethnicity, and marginalization exacerbate existing gender inequalities and pose particular threats to women’s livelihoods, health, and safety. According to data from the organization UN Women , approximately 20 million more women live in poverty than men, significantly affecting their health and wellbeing.