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Strengthening Democracy by Practicing It

NonProfit Quarterly

Book cover by Oxford University Press In his new book People, Power, Change, author-activist Marshall Ganz writes about the art and science of organizing and social change. Oxford University Press, 2024) by Marshall Ganz. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017.

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Is Climate Change Making Loneliness Worse?

NonProfit Quarterly

We talk a lot about the emerging climate crisis, but far less about the social infrastructure crisis,” Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University, said to Grist. Those most impacted by a lack of or failing infrastructure, including the elderly and people living in poverty, are at high risk for loneliness.

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Beyond Karen: White Woman Archetypes in the Third Sector

NonProfit Quarterly

Dr. Apryl Williams, an assistant professor in communications and media at the University of Michigan, said in a TIME article, “These memes are actually doing logical and political work…[and] highlighting and sort of commenting on the racial inequality in a way that mainstream news doesn’t capture.” Notes Personal communication from a reader.

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Safety First: CEO Grows Organization, Leads Communities By Doing The Right Thing

Fundraising Leadership

While she did later return to earn a bachelors in sociology from College of New Rochelle and a masters in nonprofit and organizational management from Maris College School of Management, Chan Shue joined the NYPD in 1993. Maryville University reports, “The U.S. “I stopped going to school to take care of my dad.

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

iMarketSmart

I needed to learn their story, their values. This distinction arises in anthropology and sociology theories.[14] Laura Hansen Dean is Senior Director – Gift Design and Documentation at the University of Texas at Austin. [2] The Sociological Review, 35 (1), 150–169. [14] Sociological Forum, 6 (1), 119-136.

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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

In 1912, John Whitridge Williams, a professor of obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Medical Education and the Midwife Problem in the United States.” 41 Midwifery care is high-quality, value-based care that saves lives and money.

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Recapping & Reflecting: How to Learn from Nonprofit Mistakes

Fundraising Coach

We recommend promoting risk-taking within reason as an organizational value. Make risk-taking a normal part of your team’s culture. Surveys have shown that adults in the U.S. overwhelmingly prefer playing it safe to taking risks. However, a study from Susan R. Why can’t the same be true for your nonprofit?