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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

Among the lessons we learned from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is that when we take bold steps to stave off financial catastrophe for families who face it, we can substantially reduce child poverty. Wide disparities rooted in race and geography endure. The national child poverty rate fell from 9.7% The Annie E.

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Sharing the MLK, Jr. Holiday in a Culturally Competent Way

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Dr. King shared a broad desire to see people triumph over poverty, racism, war and violence. Race, ethnicity, religion, identity, gender, and language employ additional challenges when we don’t consider those aspects in our communications strategy. Let’s talk about it!

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Bridging for Environmental Justice across Space and Time: Cambodia and the US South

NonProfit Quarterly

When the Neak Ta Cries Our interviewees were from Srekor and Kbal Romeas—ethnically mixed communities, according to our interviewees, comprising roughly 500 families of marginalized groups, notably ethnic Lao and ethnic Bunong people, who settled on the land bordering the Sesan River after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, in 1979.

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Fighting for Cleaner Air in East Boston

NonProfit Quarterly

Fifty percent of its residents were born outside of the US and identify as Latino/a ; about half of all families in the neighborhood live below the official poverty line. It is estimated that more than 35 percent of the total East Boston population is undocumented—and this is presumed to be an undercount.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Furthermore, many inner-city students face a range of social and economic challenges outside of school, such as poverty, crime, and family instability, which can make it difficult for them to succeed in school.

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Building Youth Power

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Grassroots youth organizing groups—many of which serve immigrant, refugee, Black, and Indigenous communities—can help participants overcome the poverty, racism, institutional injustice, and trauma they often suffer during their childhoods. Use of intersectional frameworks.

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How to Achieve Belonging without Othering: A Conversation with john a. powell

NonProfit Quarterly

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. jp: First, we wanted to expand the conversation beyond race. Everybody counts.