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Meet Hayley Freedman, CNP: Global Health Advocate and Educator

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Hayley Freedman, MPH, CNP , has dedicated her life to uplifting communities and addressing global health inequities. The CNP credential gave me the tools I needed to run programs, manage grants, and navigate the complexities of nonprofit leadership. As a professor, Hayley highlights the critical role of nonprofits in public health.

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From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Sheringham Odhiambo , Madeleine Ballard , Ben Pyne & Kathryn Harrison Ten years ago, I (Sheringham) was going door-to-door, providing routine health checks, administering vaccinations, and managing cases of HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and other debilitating diseases for residents of Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Meet Chicago’s Keenen Stevenson: Advocate for Social Change and Youth Empowerment

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

It was here that he began to understand the complexities of social service and its intersection with human service, education, and mental health. “Becoming a social worker was never part of my plan, not even close,” he admitted. “Many teachers don’t know how to write grants or manage grant administration,” he explained.

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Carly St. Onge’s Passion for Fundraising is Transforming Children’s Healthcare in Montana

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Onge, Advanced Certified Nonprofit Professional (ACNP), has spent nearly 12 years cultivating her expertise in fundraising and nonprofit management, specifically in healthcare. Onge, ACNP, Chief Development Officer, Logan Health Children’s, shares a heartwarming moment with a young patient. That drive carried me into my career.

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Honest Brokers, Technology, and Health Justice: What Are We Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

The honest broker collects and provides aggregate health data to investigators while protecting individual identities and privacy. In other situations, the honest brokerage approach relates more to managing social relationships and divergent interests in evolving discussions. Theyre usually not part of the organizational team.

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Brave New World: What Does the Digital Age Portend for Health Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

“Braver New World” by DALL-E/OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? By leveraging video conferencing, online chat, and mobile health apps, telemedicine connects patients with healthcare providers in real time.

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What megadonors miss about health-focused nonprofits 

Candid

More recently, MacKenzie Scott gave Allyson Felix $20 million in support of her efforts to improve Black maternal health. Opportunities for helping established health-focused nonprofits scale To continue their work, innovate, and scale proven solutions, these nonprofits require sustainable and flexible funding.

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