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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. Dillen has litigated precedent-setting cases that have held polluters accountable and cleared the way for clean energy projects. She has the roadmap for the nation’s clean energy future. These wins include requiring the U.S.

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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My Most importantly, the team has elevated a new generation of diverse leaders who are contributing new energy to Akron’s civic spaces.

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How States Can Link Up to Support Human Rights

NonProfit Quarterly

By leveraging these compacts, states that share a vision of government as a protector and facilitator of human rights can collectively build robust structures to safeguard political and economic rights, even when federal institutions fail. In other words, a progressive response begins with using existing openings at the state level.

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Housing and Climate: Funding Holistic Solutions

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Currently, an estimated 20 percent of emissions in the United States comes from the energy used in homes. by storing solar energy), and thinking about what happens to housing after major climate events. Mitigation practices include green building (i.e., FHO has already committed to centering racial justice in housing justice.