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Improving AAPI Health with Better Data

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Urja Bhatt on unsplash.com Recently, a colleague asked me to identify my race. Presented with the standard options for race (White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian), I’ve always selected Asian. She was collecting diversity information and needed to fill in the field.

Health 101
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Healing Society through the Archaeology of Self™: A Racial Literacy Development Approach

NonProfit Quarterly

This component provides a process for delving deeply into one’s own life experiences and peeling back the layers to uncover the complex dynamics—specifically of race and diversity—that shape our perspectives. Exercises on the topics of race, schools, family name, and neighborhoods open opportunities for self-examination to occur.

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Creating partnerships: Closing the gender pay gap by challenging the status quo together 

Candid

At the same time, women have been excluded from higher-paying industries where men disproportionately work, like STEM and the construction and trades fields. Furthermore, gender- and race-based biases continue to shape how many view women’s roles and relegate women to lower pay and less financial security. Phillips, and Erika V.

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Music: A Prescription for Health and Social Connection

NonProfit Quarterly

Dementia mostly impacts older adults across all races and ethnicities, although some forms of dementia do impact younger people as well. However, dementia is not a normal process of aging, nor is it a function of race, which is a social construct. Who is impacted by dementia?

Health 144
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Fundraising Ethics In Higher Education

Bloomerang

Race and ethnicity are forbidden, but specific school districts are permissible in which minorities are populous. Many institutions go by the guideline that the gift must represent at least half of construction costs.

Ethics 84
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Building Youth Power

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By embedding young people in relationships and activities that help them constructively respond to hardships and trauma, youth organizing can channel their energy toward building a multiracial democracy. Use of intersectional frameworks.

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Mastering Nonprofit Board Recruitment: A Strategic Guide for Executive Directors

Bloomerang

Encourage open discussions, constructive feedback, shared decision-making, and collective celebrations to build strong relationships and mutual trust. Diversity metrics: Monitor the diversity of your board composition, including gender, race, ethnicity, age, and professional background. Foster a collaborative culture.