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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Such forms of living, however, have huge economic and social costs, as over-stressed and under-supported parents must attend to their children and aging parents from their isolated apartments or homes. That means transforming the zoning regulations, financial structures, and social patterns that separated them, just over a century ago.

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Can Labor Save Higher Education as a Public Good?

NonProfit Quarterly

HELU first went public in 2021 with a vision platform that was quickly endorsed by over 140 local unions and allied organizations, including many labor-aligned nonprofits like the Debt Collective , Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education , and Jobs With Justice. This simple organizing slogan caught on.

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Elevate Conference 2025: Take Your Nonprofit Off Autopilot

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

The world is changing, and the social sector must lead the charge. This track will help you: Influence public policy and make your voice heard. Using data management to enhance decision-making and operations. Why Elevate Matters Nonprofits are the backbone of social change, and 2025 is the year to reimagine how we lead.

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9 Essential Nonprofit Management Skills & Development Tips

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

While some skills are innate, many nonprofit management skills can be taught. Before diving into vital nonprofit management skills, let’s explore how developing these skills enhances careers and strengthens the sector as a whole. Between social media and paid search ads, there’s a lot to learn about marketing your cause online.

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4 Strategies for Mobilizing Volunteers on Social Media

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

If youre an experienced marketing pro, social media is already on your radar as a valuable communication channel for acquiring donors and spreading awareness of your cause. But you can also use social media platforms to strengthen another facet of your support base volunteers. Create sub-communities on social media.

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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Review your communications and communications policies to ensure that they do not create unnecessary risks of copyright or trademark infringement, defamation, fraudulent misrepresentations, or political campaign intervention. Dissatisfied employees heighten legal risks. The factsheet What Is Lobbying Under the 501(h) Election?

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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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