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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Historical and cultural barriers Historical and cultural barriers can also hinder social mobility for individuals from underserved communities as they may face prejudice and discrimination based on their cultural background. It’s a complex tapestry of challenges: Prosperity or poverty, race, religion, gender and sexual orientation.

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Changing the Health System: A Community-Led Approach Rises in Rhode Island

NonProfit Quarterly

A few years later, I worked as a minority health coordinator, focusing on racial and ethnic minority populations in Rhode Island—on people like me, who come here with dreams and hopes to do better but often find themselves without the resources or opportunities they need. All told, families have received 95 coaching sessions.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

11 Nor are the economic data any more encouraging when one measures inequality by race. Until quite recently, many economic justice movement organizations were “race neutral” in their approach. 21 In other words, until quite recently, it was considered politically smart for economic justice groups to avoid talking about race.

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2024 Nonprofit Voter Guide

MNA Association

The questionnaire was shared with all registered candidates for statewide offices with particular relevance for nonprofits, including both federal and state-level races. That includes supporting both patients and providers at our state’s non-profit healthcare organizations. As a 501c3 organization, MNA is strictly nonpartisan.