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Disaster Recovery Requires Community Care—But Also Government Support

NonProfit Quarterly

In North Carolina alone, over 100 people lost their lives as a result of the storm , many from drowning or the result of complications from environmental exposure. In the aftermath, the region was left with significantly fewer tress, making it more vulnerable to future natural disasters.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. She teams with and coordinates with other environmental nonprofits to use every law on the books to battle climate change and polluters. Dillen has litigated precedent-setting cases that have held polluters accountable and cleared the way for clean energy projects.

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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What if we had a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that took its mandate to ensure human flourishing rather than real estate profit? What if we had an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that guaranteed access to safe and affordable drinking water for everyone in the country instead of only for some?

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Jon Tyson on unpsplash.com In 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final strategy to reduce lead exposure. 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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Lifting a Powerful Policy Lever for Housing Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

That could happen when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finalizes the long-awaited Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule (AFFH), which was published in February in the Federal Register for a period of public comment—but only if we seize the moment. The AFFH is worthy of such an effort.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

To combat this stigma, the Akron Civic Commons team conducted an environmental assessment, which showed that the lake’s health had dramatically improved since the days of industrial dumping, perhaps due to its natural glacial inflow and outflow as a high point on the Ohio & Erie Canal.

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Whose Capital? Our Capital! The Power of Workers’ Pensions for the Common Good

NonProfit Quarterly

This is the reality today—but workers and communities have an opportunity to align around their shared interest in thriving communities and to steer where their money goes: affordable healthcare, housing, and education; just and sustainable environmental policies; and so much more. Pension Funds: Whose Capital? Our Capital!