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

NonProfit Quarterly

They also had access to forests where they could collect timber and non-timber forest products such as mushrooms. See Melissa Walker, “African Americans and TVA Reservoir Property Removal: Race in a New Deal Program,” Agricultural History 72, no. The river was more than just a natural resource—it held spiritual meaning, as well.

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Newsletter: Top Social Impact & Partnership Trends of 2022 ; Company to Staff: Get a booster, We'll Give Food Bank $100 ; How Your Nonprofit Can Use QR Codes

Selfish Giving

Before Thanksgiving I wrote that nonprofits should be targeting local theater productions of A Christmas Carol as they frequently include a fundraiser for local organizations. A guide to asking your supporters to identify their race , ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. Action-triggered cause marketing for the win! ??

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Harnessing the Power of AI for Positive Impact: A Conversation with Juan Lavista Ferres

NonProfit Quarterly

If you have a thousand people who take out a loan, knowing their race or ethnicity will tell you very little about who will repay the loan. You can observe income and you can observe demographic characteristics like race. And because disposable income varies by race, it could be used as an indicator of who will repay the loan.

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20 Leaders Selected for 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

” Shunae Norton, Senior Manager, New Product Development Solutions, Florida Blue “ It’s important to ensure there is linkage between nonprofits and the communities they serve. Their race or ethnicity have unjustly served as roadblocks in their careers due to the inequitable systems that continue to impact our society today.

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Dismantling Bias: Toward Ethical and Inclusive Health Innovation

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet, innovative health products have caused BIPOC and other vulnerable groups harm—such as pulse oximeters that fail to accurately detect blood oxygen levels in people with darker skin tones and AI tools that make decisions that systematically disadvantage certain groups of people.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

We Must Build Parameters to Protect People from AI Creators and AI Creators from Themselves In the rush to lead the global AI race, it can be tempting to prioritize innovation, speed, and profit without pausing to consider the profound ethical, societal, and human consequences. Workers deserve to benefit from the productivity gains AI offers.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

Instead, they serve as partners in your work, representing the community you serve and even boosting the productivity of your workforce. Appropriately using your advisory committee’s expertise means that when you are creating your advisory committee, you should consider what new resource/s or product/s your organization is putting together.