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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

CNN recently reported that “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. 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. instead prioritizes creating and sustaining health over curing diseases. Medicine 2.0

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2021 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay.

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2022 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay.

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Building Narrative Power for Economic Justice by Telling Better Stories

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Etienne Girardet on unsplash.com Many people working in nonprofits and philanthropy say they want to reduce poverty, and increasingly, foundations, nonprofits, and social-movement organizations are developing communications strategies and telling stories that aim to dispel the myth that the US economic system is equitable and fair.

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2023 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay. 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay.

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Transforming Our Housing System

Stanford Social Innovation Review

They were also more likely to live in units that were overcrowded or contaminated by lead, asbestos, and other environmental hazards within high-poverty, low-opportunity communities. The situation for extremely low-income homeowners was no better.

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Across the Country, Poor and Low-Wage Voters Are Organizing

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet, nearly all low-wage workers in the city are rent-burdened , with 25 percent of children within the city limits living in poverty. As many people struggle to survive, homelessness increased last year by 12 percent. Housing security is public health. New York City is home to the most millionaires in the world.

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