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Bridging for Environmental Justice across Space and Time: Cambodia and the US South

NonProfit Quarterly

When the Neak Ta Cries Our interviewees were from Srekor and Kbal Romeas—ethnically mixed communities, according to our interviewees, comprising roughly 500 families of marginalized groups, notably ethnic Lao and ethnic Bunong people, who settled on the land bordering the Sesan River after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, in 1979.

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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Ensure that the organization is operating consistent with its governing documents , including with respect to provisions governing elections, terms of service, board meetings, board actions by written consent, delegated authority to committees and officers, reports, amendments to bylaws, and voting membership rights (if applicable).

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Navigating Climate Justice: Empowering BIPOC Youth with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

NonProfit Quarterly

As the 2021 Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States report reminds us, “Race…plays a significant role in determining one’s risk of exposure to air pollution, even after controlling for other socioeconomic and demographic factors.” 32 The report notes that there are higher exposures to particulate matter (PM2.5)

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How to Build a Just and Effective Public Sector Workforce System

NonProfit Quarterly

Members of vulnerable groups continue to face systemic challenges that correlate with race, ethnicity, gender, age, and geography. In the 1970s, the workforce system under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) was largely locally run through direct federal funding to local governments.

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20 Leaders Selected for 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

Last year's 2022 fellows reported a 52% increase in their board governance knowledge and skills after completing the program. This program is an opportunity to immerse myself in comprehensive board governance training, allowing me to be more impactful while doing so in a nonprofit board setting.”

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Precision Medicine Has a Data Equity Problem

NonProfit Quarterly

While race is a social construct that serves as a poor predictor of genetic variation, racial parity in genomic data is important because race serves as a proxy for population descriptors and other, more appropriate genetic ancestry labels.

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Harnessing the Power of AI for Positive Impact: A Conversation with Juan Lavista Ferres

NonProfit Quarterly

If you have a thousand people who take out a loan, knowing their race or ethnicity will tell you very little about who will repay the loan. You can observe income and you can observe demographic characteristics like race. And because disposable income varies by race, it could be used as an indicator of who will repay the loan.