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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

In recent years, the group, labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as right-wing extremists , has been painting a different picture of itself—as a disaster relief organization. Growing Activation In addition to trying to grow numbers, local militia groups are attempting to expand how they train for combat.

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Report Calls on Atlantans to Reduce City’s Enormous Racial Wealth Gap

NonProfit Quarterly

Ability to cover three months’ worth of bills: This is what is known as an “asset poverty” measure. Income poverty: In Atlanta, 28 percent of Black households live below the federal poverty line; only seven percent of White households do. Median household income: In Atlanta, the median Black household has an income of $38,854.

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Building Youth Power

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Primed by the undocumented youth movement at the beginning of the decade, and drawing energy from the allied Movement for Black Lives in the latter half, these groups engaged growing numbers of adolescents in addressing local, regional, and even statewide issues.

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What Does Tribal Land Stewardship Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

A Montana State study from 2019 estimated that the poverty rate statewide for Native communities exceeded 30 percent. Stewardship, Adelzadeh emphasizes, “has always been a community activity, with the transfer of knowledge from elders to youth.” Fort Belknap Reservation: Montana Poverty Report Card. The Path Forward.

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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. All these popular amenities and activities were conceived and constructed in close collaboration with residents. Summit Lake welcomes people into nature with activities like weekly guided canoe trips.

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Nonprofit Leadership Lessons From Dr. Paul Farmer

Stanford Social Innovation Review

He was legendary for fearlessly taking on the most powerful political leaders, medical institutions, and universities when they did not prioritize the interests of people in poverty. “The people who were doing the development project probably weren't out to make poor people suffer,” he said.

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Healing the Frontlines of Racial, Climate, and Gender Injustice

NonProfit Quarterly

Their work is geared toward accelerating the transition to cleaner renewable energy by elevating women of color leaders, specifically those in the US South who often go unrecognized and underresourced. That was not only kind of a philanthropic blind spot, but where we…saw so much opportunity and also so much activity,” Allen explains.