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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

billion to accelerate scientific discoveries and drive innovation using new technologies. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. AHA has invested more than $5.9 Reckford CEO Habitat For Humanity Reckford was preaching that a house is just the first step in building community long before anyone else.

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Fisheries and Stewardship: Lessons from Native Hawaiian Aquaculture

NonProfit Quarterly

There are many lessons to be learned from Indigenous aquaculture practices, especially in the areas of climate mitigation, adaptation, resilience, resource management, and food sovereignty. Ironically, an estimated 85 to 90 percent of the food eaten in Hawai‘i comes in on a ship or barge. 5 Our loko i‘a too are highly degraded.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Agriculture programs, for example, often focus on food security rather than achieving productivity gains, despite the fact that countries have not historically “smallholder-farmed” their way into prosperity. Various others work in the space in between, like Charter Cities Institute on urban development and economic clusters.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

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How To Get The Most Out of Your Case Management Software

GiveGab

From food banks to homeless shelters, nonprofit service organizations are the driving forces behind building better communities. They do the admirable and time-intensive work that makes our communities a better place to live, and technology plays an undeniable role in that. Training is crucial to your team’s success.