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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

Emerging technological innovations in healthcare have the potential to transform public health and healthcare delivery systems, making them more efficient, personalized, and accessible. Emerging Technologies: Potential and Risks Technological innovations are often lauded as a panacea for global health challenges.

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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

We nonprofit workers focus our attention on families who have trouble affording safe housing, enough food, quality child care and health care, reliable transportation, and technology. We know how hard it is for many people to make ends meet, even when they work hard every day.

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AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Take facial recognition technology , for instance. Developed using data that rarely represent humans full diversity, this technology struggles to accurately identify Black and Brown faces. Here, nonprofit leaders can be the bridge, ensuring that technology amplifies marginalized voices and fosters innovation that truly serves.

Ethics 98
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Why Funders Care About Capacity-Building

NonProfit PRO

Donors understand that data and technology are game-changers. So, if donors care about a mission, such as the eradication of cancer, ending poverty or high-quality education, they realize the source of fundamental change occurs with the partnership between technology and humans.

Poverty 173
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Commentary: The Full Potential Of The Social Sector  

The NonProfit Times

What if those funders stipulated that they could not spend a penny covering their overhead costs or investing in technology or talent? 22% of those workers are living below or just above the poverty line. Now imagine if they had been constrained by funding streams that stipulate how, when and where to spend money.

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Nothing About Us Without Us: Invest in Disabled Leaders to Advance Equitable Technology for Everyone

NonProfit Quarterly

People with disabilities are leading policy change, technology development, and workplace evolution. The newly launched Disability x Tech Fund , which focuses on technology justice, offers a framework for how we can collectively resource these leaders. But space needs to be made. Hands need to reach out. People need to be lifted up.”

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Creating a Thank-You Video in a Day – How This Nonprofit Did It

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

What made it easy: Free and easily accessible technology (Canva and iMovie for us). And someone who is really comfortable playing with the technology (though not necessary, it was super helpful for us). Angela fights homelessness and poverty by day through powerful storytelling and strategic fundraising. Maybe next time ?