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For the Love of Humankind: End of Year Fundraising for Community impact

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

always avoid using language and photos in your marketing practices that profit from impoverished communities! She moved to Chicago after high school to study Political Science and Sociology at DePaul University. Overall, it’s not too late to get creative and think of ways to engage the community. Louis City, Missouri.

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Your greatest untapped online resource: your people

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

Today I feature a guest post by Filippo Trevisan of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow. A question that non-profits often ask me when I invite them to help out with my research on e-participation is: “What’s in it for us?” I met Filippo after a recent panel discussion on social media.

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What Does It Mean to Dismantle Racial Capitalism Anyway?

NonProfit Quarterly

1 The profits from this trade were fundamental to the forming of a transnational capitalist class—and, of course, provided money that could purchase more human beings from West Africa. Robinson, a professor of political science and Black studies. This human trade continued for over 200 years. “The

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Similarly, when one of us (PS) wished to create an animated film to teach a challenging concept in political science, he reached out to a professor of animation at an art school. There are many examples of this bridging dynamic at play. How do your collaborators talk about and measure success?

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All You Need: 7 Key Reasons To Attend Take The Lead’s Power Up Concert & Conference

Fundraising Leadership

At this year’s Power Up Conference, Zakiya Thomas, ERA Coalition President and CEO, will share her wisdom, strategies and priorities for moving towards full adaptation and incorporation of equal rights for women in all sectors, including politics. Thomas is a non-profit leader of more than 250 organizations representing 80 million people.

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Trust Is The Best Currency: CEO, Founder Stamps Approval on Products for Parents

Fundraising Leadership

shopsmarter ” In her early years of entrepreneurship after graduating from York University in 1994 with a double degree in mass communications and political science, Vinderine, who stands just under 5 feet tall, says she endured not only gender bias, but height bias when connecting with funders and clients in person. “As

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

This was seen as a politically smart means to avert White backlash. A 1996 political science journal article, for example, argued that policies were most likely to be effective in addressing race and economic inequality if they were targeted to benefit Black Americans but “advanced and defended on universalistic grounds.”