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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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Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

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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. That remains true even if that wealth was donated to promote a public good.

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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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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Lauren Lawson-Zilai

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Lawson-Zilai leads the external communications including celebrity spokespeople, crisis communications, public relations, and video production, and works closely on strategies related to cause partnerships, and digital and social media. I work with our public policy team to discuss any PR initiatives they should be aware of.

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Remaking the Economy: A Policy Vision from the Movement for Black Lives

NonProfit Quarterly

Amara Enyia is director for policy and research at the Movement for Black Lives , based in Chicago. Rosemary Ndubuizu is assistant professor of African American studies at Georgetown University and a volunteer organizer with ONE-DC , based in Washington, DC. How can public policy compensate for the damage done?

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Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt

The NonProfit Times

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. Experts queried at the time researchers began their study almost universally predicted both groups would benefit from having this debt wiped clean.

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