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Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits

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Photo by Kier in Sight on Unsplash Proud to say this article, " Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits " has just been published. Just as digital practices and public policy shape online expression and assembly, civil society also shape digital practices and policies.

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How to Build a Just and Effective Public Sector Workforce System

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Desola Lanre-Ologun on Unsplash Recent worker polling confirms that even in a low-unemployment economy, workers feel vulnerableand they feel that public policy does not serve them, including the nations system of workforce development. The need to restructure the US national public workforce system is clear.

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Grant Makers Join Together to Learn About — and Fund — Racial Justice

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The efforts aim to drive fundamental change by building Black nonprofits’ public-policy muscle. By Marc Gunther New pooled funds seek grants from foundations or individuals, aggregate the money, and give it away.

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Former Student Activist Couple Gives UCLA $10 Million for Ethnic Studies Centers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service, and Colby College landed $50 million from Paula and Peter Lunder to back efforts to provide more financial aid to students from underserved backgrounds. Here, Morgan Chu is at the center of a group of students marching up Bruin Walk.

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It is also one of several DC-area foundations profiled in a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on “ Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People.” Philanthropy is starting to talk more about reparations. One takeaway: Traditional practices of grantmaking are insufficient.

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Bringing Community Centric Fundraising to Life

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Upon obtaining her master’s degree in Public Policy Administration from the University of Missouri-St. In her early nonprofit roles, Rachel developed both a deep commitment to and a critique of fundraising and philanthropy across the St. Louis region.

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Democracy in Peril: In South Africa, Will Philanthropy Back Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

To support South African democracy, philanthropy faces two challenges. The other is that global philanthropy itself is under threat as South African “populist” opposition advocates for so-called “ foreign agent laws.” Does Western philanthropy make a positive difference? Where is philanthropy?