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Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone, for example, the nonprofit is currently serving a majority-Muslim population.

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Detroit People’s Food Co-op: How to Advance Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Steve Dubb Food is the cover story. Malik Kenyatta Yakini, Up & Coming Food Co-op C onference panel September 15, 2023 There is a wave of food co-ops opening in majority-Black communities, as NPQ has covered. But organizing a food co-op is not easy. The first step was starting a monthly food-buying club.

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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. For one, directly or indirectly, the government is usually the biggest employer of flexible labor in any area.

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Newsletter: Funding Freeze: What Nonprofits Must Do NOW; How to Approach Audience Research; FCC Investigates PBS, NPR Sponsorship Practices

Selfish Giving

First, I've talked with some of you about the government's hold on grants and funding. However, the truth is that the best way to strengthen your nonprofit and your partnership program is to grow a broad and deep base of individual supporters. 55k - $58k) Brain Food 1. Three things this week. Fortunately, the hold was lifted.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

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Forget the Elevator Speeches and Give Your Board Members a Word-of-the-Month

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

I was recently contacted by Julianne Buck, executive director of the Community Foundation of Grundy County about the Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts I send. This morning our Board of Trustees approved a grant to the County Health Department to start a Hoarding Task Force.”. Was this issue a good or bad move on our nonprofit’s part?

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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I also come from a family of grocery workers and managers. When I was little, my dad managed a large local grocery. A Positive Vision of Food Sovereignty.

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