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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. And homelessness is rising. Homelessness is being criminalized, observes Theoharis.

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Disaster Recovery Requires Community Careā€”But Also Government Support

NonProfit Quarterly

They worked with a volunteer pharmacist to ensure that people could get their emergency medications and sent volunteers to help elders and those living in senior living facilities flush their toilets. The organization was also intentional about supporting those who were particularly vulnerable, such as elders and people with disabilities.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. Leading the nationā€™s largest homebuilder, Reckford gathers partners to bring grocery stores to food deserts, medical care to those neighborhoods and he wonā€™t need to be brought up to speed.

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Antionette Kerr : How I Became a Self-Care Radical

NonProfit Hub

Department of Housing and Urban Development) transitions threatened most aspects of our funding, I said ā€œyesā€ to more than 12 local and state boards while serving as an executive director of an affordable housing nonprofit and vice president of our state coalition. At a time when HUD (U.S. Smith Reynolds Sabbatical Foundation (ZSR).

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Whose Capital? Our Capital! The Power of Workersā€™ Pensions for the Common Good

NonProfit Quarterly

Or consider if the retirement money of our prestigious public universities and their medical centers, where cleaners, cafeteria staff, and medical assistants care for students and patients, was invested in one of the largest corporate landlords in the country, and this landlord doubled their rent or evicted their families.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Cash assistance allows recipients to use the funds according to their most pressing needs, whether itā€™s paying rent, buying groceries, covering medical expenses, or investing in education and job training. They recognize that the barriers to employment can vary widely among individuals and communities.

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ā€œEducational Purposesā€: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

Colleges, universities, and their medical centers are registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organizations. Given my work, it specifically focuses on university-driven urban development. I talked about how that food could be easily repackaged into healthy meals for communities in need.