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Unlocking the Value of Circles

NonProfit Quarterly

Experts often overcomplicate lectures with jargon and references that may not be culturally relevant to the people they are trying to teach. In public health, peer support programs reduce social isolation and connect patients and caregivers with others facing similar health challenges, including addiction and recovery.

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Mapping the Landscape of AI-Powered Nonprofits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Three goals that stand out with especially strong potential to be transformed by AI are SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 4 (Quality Education), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). As such, this series focuses on how AI-powered nonprofits are transforming the climate, health care, and education sectors. translate!

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Leveraging AI in Social Work: A Pathway to Empowering Vulnerable Populations

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

In this section, let’s explore how AI can revolutionize social work practices in three key areas: elder care, mental health support for veterans, and education for children on the autism spectrum. This enables social workers to proactively reach out to older clients, offering timely interventions and support before a crisis occurs.

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Bringing Climate into the Classroom: New Hampshire Students Push for Increased Climate Literacy

NonProfit Quarterly

12 The resolution calls on the curriculum to provide guidance for educators on how best to incorporate a wide breadth of climate change information into their lessons as well as to inform students about jobs in the environmental space. 34 “I think some of the teachers are nervous.

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Thank Heaven For 11: Take The Lead Celebrates 11 Years Working Toward Mission of Equity

Fundraising Leadership

This course will teach you the specific thought processes and skills to identify and channel your inner strength and power, Feldt says. We do this work and offer this course because you deserve the equal pay, positions, and power of your highest intentions. You already have more power than you might realize.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.” Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Learn, Test, Create Over the past several years, I’ve had the unique opportunity as a young woman to become an entrepreneurial changemaker within post-secondary education, piloting programs and building a variety of academic curriculums for unique student populations.

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