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Countering Criminalization: The Vital Role of Organizing Against Homelessness

NonProfit Quarterly

An article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association lists poverty as the nations fourth leading cause of death. The Journal of the American Medical Association lists poverty as the nations fourth leading cause of death. Meanwhile, public policy failed to address the economic drivers of poverty.

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Encouraging Human Creativity in the AI-Powered Future

Stanford Social Innovation Review

And human beings judge the value of AIs work product. Thats why, in public policy circles, we must nurture and reward innovation in as well as from AI. For instance, an AI trained primarily on synthetic medical data might ignore rare, but critically important, symptoms a human doctor would catch.

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Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt

The NonProfit Times

Medical debt relief programs might not be the panacea that proponents hope, despite the good intentions behind such programs. Medical debt relief has become a growing public policy priority for philanthropists and lawmakers worried about the toll on Americans’ financial, mental, and physical health.

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The effort involved training senior executives, both women and men, on how to be mentors, as well as working with the mentees to ensure that both groups strengthened their development and valued mutual learning during the mentoring sessions. The pandemic increased caregiving demands among women, underscoring gender inequity.

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

One initiative that the Foundation for Enterprise Education favored in the 1940s and early 1950s was called Spiritual Mobilization, an organization that sought to persuade Christian clergy “that unregulated capitalism was not merely compatible with Christian values but founded upon them” (7). That markets work and public policies fail.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. Ensure that your committee members know their value and impact.

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Reimagining Your Career and Life: How Power Up Conference Leaders Can Help You Thrive

Fundraising Leadership

Rather than trying to draw a straight line from what one did in the military to the same type of position in the civilian sector, it is important to take the time to examine one’s values and priorities, what strengths one has to bring to the workplace, what really one is passionate about and where you see yourself in three to five years.

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