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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Education

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Sector : Healthcare/ Education Bill : SB2329 / HB2354 Bill Summary : As introduced, prohibits a local government entity, school, or local education agency from implementing a mask mandate related to COVID-19.

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32 Rising Nonprofit Leaders Chosen for 2023 Certificate in Leadership

NonProfit Leadership Center

Laura Petitt School-to-Work and Big Futures Coordinator III, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Meet Certificate in Leadership Class of 2023 Alex Strieder, Housing Stabilization Manager, Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas Amanda Griffin, Executive Director, Children’s Dream Fund Amber Nixon, Manager of Outreach & Advocacy, Florida (..)

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How Can We Support Youth Mental Health?

NonProfit Quarterly

This young person required special education services while coping with ADHD and—like many young people when schools abruptly closed—struggled with the transition to online learning. Four out of five girls in juvenile detention suffer from a mental health disorder. Youth Incarceration and the Criminalization of Mental Illness .

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Building evidence and innovating programs to reduce disparities in children’s well-being 

Candid

The Race for Results report series tracks how children across racial and ethnic groups are faring at the state and national levels on key education, health, and economic milestones. The latest report, released this month, shows that we are failing to equip children of every race and ethnicity with what they need to succeed.

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From Factory to Civic Powerhouse: Rebuilding Local Democracy in Barcelona

NonProfit Quarterly

These days, activists from all corners come to Barcelona to learn how community-run associations have put a solidarity economy into action—promoting local democracy, community education, and wellbeing. Children developed breathing problems as they inhaled the poisonous air. Public health problems spiked.

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No Justice, No Peace of Mind and Body: The Health Impacts of Housing Insecurity for Black Women

NonProfit Quarterly

Housing insecurity and its relationship to wealth inequality in the United States is not only an economic justice issue—it’s also an issue of racial, gender, and health justice. Black women sit at the intersection of these matters and, as a result, experience a tsunami of structural inequities that threaten their health.

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Teachers Unions Take on Climate Change

NonProfit Quarterly

The solidarity strike demonstrates a united front in Los Angeles committed to respect, dignity, and living wages to benefit not only education workers, but the students they serve. Public school teachers are not just educators. They are responsible for educating the generation that will be most affected by climate change.