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Appeals Court Rules Funding Process A Contract, Not A Grant

The NonProfit Times

In granting standing, Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom, part of a two-judge majority held “Although Fearless will presumably need to change its contest rules to bring itself into compliance with § 1981, that burden pales in comparison to the interest in rooting out race discrimination in all its forms. We are evaluating all of our options.”

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Closing Care Gaps: Physician Shortages, Medical Deserts, and Health Disparities

NonProfit Quarterly

Aside from the areas of medicine that will shape the extent of care delivered in the not-so-distant future, important asymmetries in the race and gender of physicians will continue to impact patient care. President and Fellows Harvard College and SFFA v.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women. A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.”

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Healing Society through the Archaeology of Self™: A Racial Literacy Development Approach

NonProfit Quarterly

Imagine a civil society in which communities, individuals, and leaders (nonprofit, social movement, philanthropy, business, education, and more) regularly engage in the process of self-examination for the sake of improving our world. The work of combating racism is a lifelong journey. ©Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz.

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

Political figures, professionals, teachers, Buddhist monks, and people from various ethnic minority groups were executed. If you were educated or even looked like you were by wearing glasses, you were destroyed. About seven years ago, UCC launched Living Arts , which is open to youth of any culture or race, ages 14 to 24.

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Fighting for Cleaner Air in East Boston

NonProfit Quarterly

We are demanding equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations. Class, race, and ethnicity are key determinants of exposure to pollution and other environmental hazards, with working-class people and BIPOC folks disproportionately exposed relative to affluent White people.

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Indigenous Land Return as Climate Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

The two parties eventually came up with a cultural easement—meaning that although the city holds the title deed to the land, Sogorea Te’ will have nearly full access to use the land for educational, environmental, and cultural purposes in perpetuity.