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Homeless, Then Shot by Federal Police

NonProfit Quarterly

Despite multiple warnings, fines, and legal notices directing them to leave, they had stayed because they were otherwise homeless. In total, more than a dozen law enforcement officials were waiting, undercover or in hiding, to surprise the Roberts family.

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From Band-Aids to Blueprint: How Nonprofits Can Engineer Systems Change through Advocacy and Public Policy

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

We see the hunger they alleviate, the education they provide, the homelessness they address, but the root causes remain, casting long shadows over countless lives. It's about shifting power dynamics, dismantling harmful policies, and creating a new blueprint for a more equitable future. But the vision is worth the fight.

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Remaking the Economy: Tenant Organizing in Unexpected Places

NonProfit Quarterly

Increasingly, tenant organizing is not just winning battles against landlords, but changing public policy. In this 90-minute webinar, cosponsored and co-moderated by NPQ and Shelterforce , tenant activists shared their stories, both in direct tenant organizing and policy advocacy. Louisville Courier Journal , March 20, 2023.

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Safety in Solidarity: How to Safeguard Movement Groups and Members

NonProfit Quarterly

Participants came from diverse organizations, including homeless shelters and a queer youth summer camp. In the six months following the training, staff at a participating homeless shelter have not handed anyone over to the police—a testament to the program’s success.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Worker-owned co-ops and benefit corporations are additional public policy frameworks for a just economy. In a massive charitable response, vast networks of locally supported food pantries, coat drives, homeless shelters, community clinics, and free schools have been launched and sustained.

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Resiliency Strategies for Nonprofits in Times of Political and Financial Instability

NonProfit Quarterly

These executive actions, which carry the force of law without requiring congressional approval, have been deployed at an alarming scale. These orders have also reshaped the implementation of policy, with many designed to increase presidential control. The fallout was devastating: $16.7 3 (2022): 822842. 3 (2020): 401426. link] Sarah L.

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s time to change public policy to do away with excessive wealth and its corrosive effects on our lives, our society, and our democracy. To interrupt this pattern, public policy must, at minimum, implement policies that tax wealth to cut down on the excessive concentration of wealth over time. Take Jeff Bezos.