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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The conversations remain small and overdue, but recent momentum is notable with new organizations , publications, resources, and frameworks exploring how philanthropy can—and, in the eyes of many, should—engage the movement for reparations in the United States. That remains true even if that wealth was donated to promote a public good.

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To Build Narrative Power for Reparations, We Need Infrastructure

NonProfit Quarterly

The Black-led organized movement for reparations started in earnest in 1898 when the National Ex-Slave Mutual, Bounty and Pension Association was founded by formerly enslaved people. In 1898, the Association elected Callie House, a Black woman born into slavery, to lead its efforts, a role she dutifully served for 20 years.

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The Other Maternal Health Crisis: Black Birthing People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

And according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, poor perinatal mental health claims the lives of one in five women in the United States. Bringing children into this unequal world created another layer of stress for women who participated in the study. Most of the women affected never receive treatment.

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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Education

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Public trust: Monitoring shows commitment to responsible use of resources and best serving beneficiaries. Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Innovators, company founders, and other tech enthusiasts have long tried to sell the public on the idea that AI will create a path to a brighter future. AJL combines “art and research to illuminate the social implications and harms of AI.”

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s about shrinking the state—or its social programs, at least rhetorically. These policies have real-world effects. They argue that the country faces a crisis in capitalism, one that politics rooted in more generous social programs and greater market regulation could correct. But what is meant by neoliberalism?

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Your New Nonprofit Marketing Job? Take It Forward Tuesday

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Communications Manager , Grace Place for Children and Families (Naples, FL). Communications Operations Manager , Public Policy Institute of California (San Francisco, CA). Communications Outreach & Media Associate , Rainforest Alliance (New York, NY). Social Media Manager , Not For Sale (San Francisco, CA).