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Bridging for Environmental Justice across Space and Time: Cambodia and the US South

NonProfit Quarterly

3 Built on the Sesan River, the dam was part of the Chinese government’s “Belt and Road Initiative,” which sought to expand its “foreign policy interests.” Then, when their options ran out, they were referred to public welfare. 1 The project, which was in development from the 1990s on, has been operational since 2017.

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How to Make Guaranteed Income Work: Ten Lessons from Newark, New Jersey

NonProfit Quarterly

Having worked in the social sector for a little over a decade, I have firsthand experience with the art and science of getting social impact programs off the ground. In contrast, guaranteed income gives cash to people living below the poverty line or with inconsistent or no income and entails a qualifying process.

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

Emerging technological innovations in healthcare have the potential to transform public health and healthcare delivery systems, making them more efficient, personalized, and accessible. Consequently, communities that were already marginalized continued to face limited access to essential healthcare services.

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Betting on Migration for Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.

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Use What You Know to Help Tell Your Story

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Into the life of every nonprofit communicator comes a certain amount of pitching, like asking an editor or blogger to take an op-ed piece or soliciting a reporter to cover your news conference. Every foundation, nonprofit or research institution, whether it is providing services or shaping policy, is producing knowledge.

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Trusting community organizers to build a multiracial democracy

Candid

Power building aims to address systemic challenges by shifting power from historically oppressive systems toward authentic, community-led democracy, redistribution, and reparation. And Northern California Grantmakers is helping private foundations and public charities sharpen their capacity for deploying 501(c)(4) funding effectively.

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Media Relations: Too Valuable NOT to Use

Getting Attention

These include facilitating global change on a social issue, passing legislation on national, state, or local level, drawing attention to a community issue, fundraising or marketing your own initiative. policy should be reformed because it was unjust and driving poverty across the world. In order to convince U.S.