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Parents Are in Crisis: A Developmental Framework Can Offer Support

NonProfit Quarterly

On August 28, 2024, the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared parental stress a public health crisis. This was a notable shift, as the impact of parenting on parents and their unmet needs has largely been absent from discussions of reproductive health in the United States.

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The Secret to Stopping Overwhelm in the Workplace

NonProfit Leadership Center

Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Addressing overwhelm and chaos in the workplace requires a leadership paradigm shift that replaces the traditional, top-down leadership model with one that emphasizes empathy, understanding and inclusiveness.

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Sabbaticals: A Gateway to Reimagining Health

NonProfit Quarterly

The piece struck a chord with many NPQ readers, as it did for the Health Justice desk. Looking back on that time offline, I recognize how important it was to my work as a health justice practitioner to create space for play, creativity, and dreaming. million fund to enable sabbaticals for BIPOC leaders.

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Why Funders Should Go Meta

Stanford Social Innovation Review

That would certainly help those people financially, and perhaps in terms of their health as well. The median new cancer drug improves lifespan by only around two months, so good health outcomes are by no means guaranteed.). Let’s take an example: psychology. by creating momentum for improved standards in the field.

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The Strategic Imperative of Well-Being: A Guide for Organizational Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

At the organizational level, well-being extends beyond the health and happiness of an individual to the collective state of all individuals within the organization, influenced by the work environment and culture. In organizational psychology, culture has three key elements: practices, values, and underlying assumptions.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Current philanthropic work—as a leader of a prominent US-based foundation remarked at a recent Stanford PACS conference—leaves people exhausted. For example, the Australian Medical Association’s recent health vision is a departure from a tradition of what they call “sickcare” to a genuine health care. Medicine 2.0 Medicine 2.0

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Sonya Massey Should Still Be Alive. What Can Be Done to Save Other Black Disabled People?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image: Original publication, Ruby Funeral Services Sonya Massey was a 36-year-old Black woman dealing with a mental health crisis. After a video clip of Massey’s murder on July 6 was released, it was not immediately known to the public that she was dealing with a mental health crisis at the time of her death.

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