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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

She teams with and coordinates with other environmental nonprofits to use every law on the books to battle climate change and polluters. Dillen has litigated precedent-setting cases that have held polluters accountable and cleared the way for clean energy projects. She has the roadmap for the nation’s clean energy future.

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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Josiah S on istock.com Founded in March 2009, the Oath Keepers are an anti-government far-right militia group comprising former law enforcement, first responders, and former military who pledge to defend the United States against government tyranny at all costs. Actual law enforcement looked the other way.

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Why Organizers Need Mobilizers and Mobilizers Need Organizers

Stanford Social Innovation Review

coordinated with other organizations, working closely with the Human Rights Law Center , large professional NGOs, and civil society organizations whose strengths lay in advocacy, and unions that were known for their powerful organizing. Rather than acting alone, GetUp!

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws. AQ: Dean Spade, the lawyer who does trans law, he had a great point. AS: One other point I want to raise with that, Steve, I think you said earlier that nonprofit is too limited a term to encompass, in your words, civil society and social justice.

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Investing in Systems Change Capacity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Merced had “years of support and organizing,” as BHC evaluator Gigi Barsoum noted, “and there was ample data, legal precedent, and separate BHC tables for planning.”

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A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business. Sharing burdens and benefits fairly.

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Betting on Migration for Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Even the transition to renewable energy is threatened by a shortage of some 7 million workers needed to do things like install solar panels on roofs. They may fund “justice” but rarely target laws that force willing employers to deny someone a job because of their nationality.