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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. This article introduces our series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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Okinawa and the Link Between Socioeconomic Disparities and Colonialism in Japan

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Nagatsugu Asato & Nobuo Shiga The legacy of colonialism has fostered structural discrimination worldwide, creating cycles of alienation and poverty among subjugated and marginalized communities. Okinawa’s poverty rate is about 35 percent, which is twice the national average. percent of the country’s total land area.

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How Indigenous Wisdom Can Support Youth Mental Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Indigenous cultural traditions in the region have long embraced the interdependence of humans with the land, water, and the more-than-human world. As in much of Native America, a vibrant cultural revitalization is underway here, bridging past and present and elevating Indigenous worldviews and traditions long suppressed by colonization.

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Housing Innovation in Rural America

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Chiara F on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. This article concludes the series : Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Studies show that secure housing is critical to reducing generational poverty. But that is completely wrong.

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Making Policy Work for Rural Communities: The Value of Community Voice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. Philanthropy often relies on large, national intermediaries that lack local knowledge and relationships.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. Read more. . November 4, 2021. November 3, 2021.

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How Investors Can Shape AI for the Benefit of Workers

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Soft skills, relationship building, and culture will all still matter across industries and job types. Nearly one in five home healthcare aides lives in poverty. While this sounds like bad news for workers, cheapening tenure and reducing the costs of turnover, workers are more than their technical knowledge.