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Solidarity Challenges the Status Quo: A Conversation with Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

After that, the idea is transferred into French law and political theory in the 1800s and finds its way into politics. Two other uses of the concept arise around the same time: Emile Durkheim’s sociological theory of social cohesion and the Marxist vision of the labor movement’s solidarity as an engine for change.

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Beyond Karen: White Woman Archetypes in the Third Sector

NonProfit Quarterly

9 In my book, White Women Cry and Call Me Angry: A Black Woman’s Memoir on Racism in Philanthropy , I describe debilitating interactions with White women in the philanthropic sector during my tenure as president and CEO of a private foundation in Washington, DC. 15 These images are referred to as archetypes. Frieda Fordham and Michael S.

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

iMarketSmart

I was fresh out of law school. This distinction arises in anthropology and sociology theories.[14] Visual planned giving in color: An introduction to the law & taxation of charitable gift planning. The Sociological Review, 35 (1), 150–169. [14] Sociological Forum, 6 (1), 119-136. Money is anti-social.

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Is fundraising hurting itself?

Fundraising Coach

In the paper, he reviews traditional ways of defining a profession - think law, medicine, or engineering - including qualifying criteria like: organizes itself into some sort of professional body has ethical codes the community controls entry into the profession and has an authority that allow clients to rely on the professional's judgement.

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Malik Cıl on pexels.com I’ve been a student of inequality for a long time—as a curious child and later as a sociology professor. The rules governing the attraction of wealth to wealth are not laws of nature, nor are they immutable. Philanthropy is supposed to be a means for people to support the public good.

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Reflecting on Equity: What Does It Mean to Love ‘All’?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In 20024, SSIR helped PolicyLink convene leaders in business, philanthropy, nonprofits, academia, and other sectors to discuss ideas in A Revolution of the Soul in Oakland, California; Oxford, England; and Washington, DC. The emphasis on all is in the document.) Propelled by the 2023 U.S.