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How to Achieve Belonging without Othering: A Conversation with john a. powell

NonProfit Quarterly

Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. In a sense, the technology has given [us] the ability to communicate and have contact with each other, which is great and creates new possibilities but also new dangers. But the world is smaller now.

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Muslim Giving 101: An Introduction for Fundraisers & Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Recently, Lake Institute paired up with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) to learn more about American Muslims’ giving practices. After giving to mosques, the second highest category of giving is toward domestic poverty alleviation and education. This is comparable with other faith groups in the U.S.

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Supporting Black-Led Nonprofits

NonProfit Quarterly

Address “the direct needs of Black communities by focusing on issues related to poverty and economic security,” including health, financial literacy and economic wellness, food insecurity, workforce development, education and youth development (11).

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

As a result, the buyer often unknowingly purchases poor-quality services for a vulnerable individual who is typically unable to communicate service shortfalls. Journal of European Social Policy 22 (4): 377–91. Social Finance in North America.” Global Social Policy 14 (2): 74–277. References Brennan, D.,

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Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Capitalism maintains poverty and economic disadvantage for a segment of the population just as surely as it generates extreme wealth for the one percent. Most people grow up learning that poverty comes from deficiencies in character and that inequality simply reflects the naturally unequal distribution of virtues and intelligence.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

Poverty, debt, and inequality are crucial to me. Typically, we say that the American Dream ideology individualizes and pathologizes poverty. The lack of a social safety net urges you to depend on the exploited labor of another person. This man has to ward off the specter of elder poverty by becoming a landlord.