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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

This disparity is all the more striking considering the magnitude of challenges here, even before the stormbroadband, health care, and food deserts; intergenerational poverty born from extraction; and the ongoing opioid crisis. Its a deep wound to the fabric of our region. CDP encourages giving grants locally as much as possible.

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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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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Households are a function of housing as much as culture. In 2020 , the median cost of in-home care with a home health aide was $54,912; the median cost of a private room in a nursing home was double the cost of a home health aide, at $105,850. Children grow up and leave their parents behind, starting new “nuclear” family units.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Neuroscience, broadly, deals with the nervous system and the brain, including mental health. 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1 10 Only 35.1

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Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for October 2020

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

If you are a health related org, you can promote dental health. Pop Culture, Events, and News. Share your favorite cookie or vegetarian recipes or have your staff or supporters shares theirs. 10/02: World Smile Day. Share photos of your volunteers or clients smiling and tell their stories. 10/05: Do Something Nice Day.

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Sharing the MLK, Jr. Holiday in a Culturally Competent Way

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Contributing Writer Antionette Kerr will be blogging this year for us on several topics, including cultural competency in nonprofit marketing and fundraising. Working effectively cross-culturally is an especially important topic for people working in nonprofit communications.

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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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