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Meet Hayley Freedman, CNP: Global Health Advocate and Educator

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

A New Role as an Educator Today, Hayley is taking a hiatus from her career to serve as a visiting professor at her alma mater, Willamette University , where she teaches public health in a new undergraduate program. She also valued the opportunity to connect with other nonprofit professionals.

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Meet Chicago’s Keenen Stevenson: Advocate for Social Change and Youth Empowerment

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

His Certified Nonprofit Professional ( CNP ) credential, earned in 2012, and the recent achievement of the ACNP in 2024, have been crucial steps in driving his personal mission of transforming his community through policy change, youth empowerment, and education. foster system, he became passionate about child welfare and education.

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Education Transformation Against All Odds

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In particular, a devastating economic and institutional meltdown that began in 2019 has taken a huge toll on schools and on education in the country. Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance.

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Post-Election Reflections for Nonprofit Leaders

NonProfit Leadership Center

Hosting open forums or small listening sessions can provide a platform for people to share their thoughts and concerns and remind them that we value their voices and perspectives. Many in our communities are processing the election in deeply personal ways. In what ways can we hold space for our teams? We are stronger when we come together.

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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Their Financial Relationships to Advance Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Tools such as Bank.Green or the Global Alliance for Banking on Values can help mission-driven organizations identify values-aligned banks. Second, educate the staff and board. Yet fewer than 3 percent of those accounts even have the option to invest in companies that support a climate-safe future. Its slow, but it works.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What might educators do to counter this trend? Most instructors and administrators across higher education are largely unfamiliar with eco-anxiety among students for the same reason, resulting in a significant gap in programming for the age groups that need it the most.

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Lifelong Development as a Nonprofit Leader – The Value of Forum

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

But what do you do after completing your continued education courses and your self-care spa days are over? But because of their small size and private nature, they’re still unknown to many people who could get value from them. It will no longer be optional or aspirational; it will be a necessity and ubiquitous.”.

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