NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

44 While explanations for this variance are highly debated, research suggests racialized associations were made between African Americans exhibiting psychosis symptoms and so-termed disruptive or socially deviant behavior patterns, and as a result, Black Americans are more likely to be aggressively diagnosed. 10 Only 35.1 2 (2008): 393403.

Race and Ethnicity 72

Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Health Medical 72

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The trauma we carry affects the way we look at the world and ourselves, and therefore plays a role in determining the future course of social systems. The prevailing narrative, which focuses on individuals, treats traumatized people as psychologically abnormal, rather than as having a normal reaction to abnormal circumstances.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Health Activism Culture 140

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

2] More than that, the reality of our own death is a serious psychological problem. For example, death reminders make people more protective of their social group – and more resistant to outside groups.[5] 5] Group opinions and social “norms” become more powerful.[6] This made the social norm more powerful. Simple answer.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 52

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2023

The idea is this: Suppose we ask a person to do some pro-social act. People are less likely to act pro-socially than to predict they will act pro-socially. Asking for the prediction first increases pro-social behavior. The question begins with a “social norm” statement. 33] This uses social-emotional language.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Environmental Participation and motivation 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 8, 2024

Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. It arises in moments of social tumult, like the one in which we’re living. These concepts seem as if they have contradictory meanings, but they fit together because social cohesion requires social change.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Poverty Sociology 122

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One tool is to construct new narratives, which are spoken or written accounts of a series of events that we tell each other. These narratives not only evoke emotions that affect our behavior—they also help directly shape our public policy priorities.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Culture Construction Psychology 128

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Executives in professional social justice institutions, grassroots activists in local movements, and fiery young radicals on protest lines are all advancing urgent concerns about the internal workings of progressive spaces. Movements on the Left are driven by the same political and social contradictions we strive to overcome.

Leadership 145

Leadership Culture Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management 145