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The Business Case for DEI Reinforces Anti-Black Sentiment

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet rather than acknowledging and responding to its roots in organizing against White supremacy, DEI has developed into an industry that focuses on surface-level, individualistic engagement, and the bottom line—that is, on the ways DEI can boost profitability. As Geoff K.

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By prohibiting any future sale of the property to Black or other non-white owners, restrictive covenants gave white buyers confidence that their homes and neighborhoods would remain white enclaves and therefore retain the “ enduring value ” that Cafritz promised for his “lifetime homes.” It was profitable to do so. As historian N.D.B.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise.

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How Freelance Journalists Are Moving from Precarity to Solidarity

NonProfit Quarterly

We are dispersed and face anti-worker laws,” Higgins said in an interview. One way is through the Freelance Isn’t Free Act , which became law in New York City in 2017. Forms of that law have followed in New York State ; Illinois ; Columbus , OH; and Los Angeles , CA. How does the creativity of which Higgins speaks show up?

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What Would a Social Justice Investment Ecosystem Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

trillion figure any investment by firms that analyzed “ESG” factors when deciding where to invest funds and/or advocated for shareholder resolutions that seek some non-economic social benefit. Specially, US SIF counted in its $17.1-trillion This makes ESG investment easy to do—no need to sacrifice financial return.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. Yale Universitys latest estimates also propose that the countrys failing mental health systems cost the United States $282 billion every year. 5 This brings forth other pressing questions, such as: How are AI datasets acquired in the first place? 24 Meanwhile, as of 2022, 17.1

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The Art Effect: Neuroaesthetics and the Future of Health Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

In 2016, during the middle of her third year of law school, Lauren Blodgett received a diagnosis of a rare and severe autoimmune condition. A non-profit for young immigrant women in Providing legal support, holistic services, & community, the Brave House, accessed December 20, 2024, www.thebravehouse.com.

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