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  Freedom To Fight For DEI: How Legal Battles Affect Leadership Policies, Commitment

Fundraising Leadership

These issues demand response and action in the workplace now and require deep understanding of the laws, processes and practices in order to be successful in achieving parity and equity in leadership across gender, race and identity. “ “ Prevailing in an anti-DEI climate requires intention and effort.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate Political Engagement and Maintain Public Trust

NonProfit Quarterly

Balancing Free Speech and Nonpartisanship Nevertheless, the prohibition against political campaign intervention remains the law, and 501c3 organizations must comply with the Johnson Amendment or risk their tax-exempt status and the imposition of other penalties under federal and state laws.

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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Its board actions might be reversed because they were not taken pursuant to the organizations bylaws or applicable corporate laws. Ensure activities are operated consistent with all applicable laws , including Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code and any licensing, registration, zoning, and contractual requirements.

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"Don’t Underestimate Yourself”: Lynda Carter on Leadership, Success and The Power To Be Whoever You Dare

Fundraising Leadership

But we can use what we know to redefine leadership,” she says. Times are changing, and if you’re not looking at the qualities of great male and female leaders when considering what leadership means to you, you’re really missing out,” says Carter. Komen Race for the Cure, GLAAD, and Fandom Forward.

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Teachers Unions Take on Climate Change

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: lilartsy on unsplash.com This is the third article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus. Public school teachers are not just educators.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Innovators, company founders, and other tech enthusiasts have long tried to sell the public on the idea that AI will create a path to a brighter future. AJL combines “art and research to illuminate the social implications and harms of AI.”

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Why Organizers Need Mobilizers and Mobilizers Need Organizers

Stanford Social Innovation Review

used social media to amplify their message, and in response to the increasingly alarming Syrian refugee crisis in September 2015 mobilized 10,000 people in Sydney and 15,000 people in Melbourne in support of increasing Australia’s refugee quota. Building on this capacity for “ snap rallies , ” GetUp! However, GetUp!