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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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What privilege means and how we use it

CNPE

They will point to challenges they have faced in the past – and may be still facing – unemployment, poverty, health challenges, and more. I grew up in poverty. Both my parents grew up living in poverty. I earned a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology. I understand where they are coming from.

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We found that in Brazil, social entrepreneurs from poor communities differ significantly from those from higher social classes, especially in terms of their access to financial, human, psychological, and social capital. Let us look at these types of capital one by one.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

He named his initiative Sekem and created a conglomerate of organizations that today enable a broad range of economic, social, educational, and cultural activities in a beautiful and safe environment. Developing Healthy Individuals “Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes individuals and communities thrive.”—

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Changing the Economic Game in Rural America: Overcoming Financial Trauma

NonProfit Quarterly

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. Often, the result is rural poverty. percent of the population. As of 2019, an estimated 15.4

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How the Climate Crisis is Changing Mental Healthcare

NonProfit Quarterly

Building Community through Eco-Anxiety A critical role of climate psychology is to “embrace individuality [one’s unique personhood] over individualism [the cultural system that prioritizes focus on the self, rather than the community],” according to Tori Tsui , climate activist and youth advisor on the Resilience Project board.

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Learning From the Climate-Mental Health Convergence

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Yet, all individuals in social impact face a similar challenge, whether addressing things like housing, health care, or poverty. Doing so will help us address the most important social issues of our time and also help us move away from toxic norms and cultures that de-prioritize care for ourselves and others.

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