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Newsletter: Top Social Impact & Partnership Trends of 2022 ; Company to Staff: Get a booster, We'll Give Food Bank $100 ; How Your Nonprofit Can Use QR Codes

Selfish Giving

A guide to asking your supporters to identify their race , ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. Gaming & Community Engagement Programs Officer, Children's Hospital Trust , Boston 3. Since 2009 they've raised more than $900,000 for area charities. That's a lot of turkeys for the Bob Cratchits of the world! ??

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Development Officer

Anedot

The specific purpose of Okizu is to operate peer support programs for children and families affected by childhood cancer based on the community-forming nature of an overnight camp experience. These programs are the result of a collaborative effort between Okizu and the pediatric oncology treatment centers in Northern California.

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Precision Medicine Has a Data Equity Problem

NonProfit Quarterly

While race is a social construct that serves as a poor predictor of genetic variation, racial parity in genomic data is important because race serves as a proxy for population descriptors and other, more appropriate genetic ancestry labels.

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Rest: A Middle Finger to Oppression, a Road Map to Justice by Shawn Ginwright

NonProfit Quarterly

A sustained peace of mind comes from the stability of a good job, knowing that your children are safe, knowing that you are not going to lose your home. Rest and race are intertwined, and it all boils down to who has the right to rest and under what conditions rest and leisure should be granted. Rest Is An Act of Core Health.

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Development Officer

Anedot

The specific purpose of Okizu is to operate peer support programs for children and families affected by childhood cancer based on the community-forming nature of an overnight camp experience. These programs are the result of a collaborative effort between Okizu and the pediatric oncology treatment centers in Northern California.

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Fighting for Cleaner Air in East Boston

NonProfit Quarterly

Class, race, and ethnicity are key determinants of exposure to pollution and other environmental hazards, with working-class people and BIPOC folks disproportionately exposed relative to affluent White people. And air pollution exposure in children can cause asthma, obesity, cancer, cognitive delay, and other challenges.

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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

Casey Foundation ’s 2024 Race for Results report suggests that continued efforts are needed to address persistent disparities in child well-being. The Race for Results report series tracks how children across racial and ethnic groups are faring at the state and national levels on key education, health, and economic milestones.