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Is Climate Change Making Loneliness Worse?

NonProfit Quarterly

We talk a lot about the emerging climate crisis, but far less about the social infrastructure crisis,” Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University, said to Grist. The nonprofit sponsors monthly and annual meetups with free food, snacks, and games. Awaiting them was hot chocolate, tea, food, and connections.

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What the US’ Mass Incarceration Regime Costs Black Women

NonProfit Quarterly

trillion”—a figure comparable to the total value of the US’ Black-White racial wealth gap. Valuing and compensating women’s work on behalf of loved ones affected by incarceration will be an especially pivotal task in the coming period of decarceration. Of this figure, roughly $73.9

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

iMarketSmart

I needed to learn their story, their values. This distinction arises in anthropology and sociology theories.[14] 2,000 to a food bank” or. Boxes of canned food to a food bank. “Boxes of canned food to a food bank. The Sociological Review, 35 (1), 150–169. [14] Giving objects in experiments.

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Calling People Forward Instead of Out: Ten Essential Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s well documented in studies in the fields of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and even neuroscience that shaming, blaming, and guilting someone shuts down the center of their brain responsible for learning and growth. What values are central to this world? What values are central to this world? You prepare the space.

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I Miss Your Smile #Covid19

Pam Moore

The reality that I would quickly turn into mama bear and find ways to keep our fridge and pantry full with meat, veggies and fun food for the kids. Finding actual food, sanitizer, paper towels and healthy food was a triple bonus. Corona virus has stolen our most valued communication, which is the beauty of a smile.

Food 78
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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

A familiar scent wafts from the kitchen where your aunts are warming food they prepared earlier. 41 Midwifery care is high-quality, value-based care that saves lives and money. BCE was founded on values of safety, abundance, and liberation to grow and sustain birth centers led by Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color.

Health 131
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From Lucy to Leadership, Part 1: We Are All Africans

Fundraising Leadership

Didn’t we invent psychology, sociology, and anthropology because we are obsessed with understanding who we are and why we behave as we do? The second wasn’t fully accomplished: to understand how gender dimorphism, in which too often women are dominated or considered of lesser value, became the cultural norm. Come on, admit it.