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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

CNN recently reported that “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. is a break from the past when trillions were spent on developing treatments for numerous health issues. Real progress seems elusive.

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Fall 2024 Digital Issue

NonProfit Quarterly

“Science and environmentalism feel like modern-day Jim Crow career fields that systematically disenfranchise the very communities these fields often claim to protect and uplift: communities affected the most by climate disaster, food insecurity, homelessness, and lack of recreational outdoor access….

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Sonya Massey Should Still Be Alive. What Can Be Done to Save Other Black Disabled People?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image: Original publication, Ruby Funeral Services Sonya Massey was a 36-year-old Black woman dealing with a mental health crisis. After a video clip of Massey’s murder on July 6 was released, it was not immediately known to the public that she was dealing with a mental health crisis at the time of her death.

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Safety in Solidarity: How to Safeguard Movement Groups and Members

NonProfit Quarterly

Co-chair Stephen Smith notes that they had to build a security program from scratch but used this as an opportunity to engage and activate less-involved members. They began with physical security initiatives and mental health programs for organizers with the help of their network.

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2024 Candidates to the Board

MNA Association

She currently serves as President of the Montana Economic Developers Association and holds leadership roles with NeighborWorks Montana and Northeast Montana Health Services. Tori is passionate about advocating for the essential role nonprofits play in Montana’s economy, particularly as the backbone of rural communities.

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CSS Housing Case Manager

Anedot

This position includes working collaboratively with internal and external partners to ensure that program participants are connected with all available resources with a focus on housing and positive health outcomes. This position is also responsible for determining program participant eligibility.

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What is Climate Psychology? An Interview with Climate Psychology Alliance’s Rebecca Weston

NonProfit Quarterly

The homelessness that happens, the lack of shelter, the lack of livelihood, the lack of security. The homelessness that happens, the lack of shelter, the lack of livelihood, the lack of security. IC: Defining it as witnessing professional is really interesting because I think of journalists as griots and then as record keepers.