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

Candid

Casey Foundation ’s 2024 Race for Results report suggests that continued efforts are needed to address persistent disparities in child well-being. 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.

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Newsletter: Top Social Impact & Partnership Trends of 2022 ; Company to Staff: Get a booster, We'll Give Food Bank $100 ; How Your Nonprofit Can Use QR Codes

Selfish Giving

A guide to asking your supporters to identify their race , ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. Gaming & Community Engagement Programs Officer, Children's Hospital Trust , Boston 3. Director, Corporate Development, United Spinal Association , Queens, NY 6. Marketing Your Cause 1. The need is simple, people.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

However, recent research has revealed that race is even more important than income when it comes to birth outcomes. Another crucial factor in maternal and infant health: the mental wellbeing of women and birthing people, especially as it intersects with race.

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MNA’s Land Acknowledgement Partner Commitment  

MNA Association

While its services are designed by Natives for Natives, All Nations honors traditional values such as charity and generosity and makes its services available to everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, or income status. The post MNA’s Land Acknowledgement Partner Commitment first appeared on Montana Nonprofit Association.

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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. The atrocities may seem remote to some, but not to the survivors—people in our community, many of whom were children at the time and are now in their late forties or early fifties.

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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. Ruha Benjamin, Race After Technology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2019), 32. 11 (2022):12351–58.

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Precision Medicine Has a Data Equity Problem

NonProfit Quarterly

Precision medicine has also revolutionized prenatal genetic testing by making use of the small amounts of fetal DNA present in the mother’s blood, which helps expectant mothers avoid the pain and risks associated with invasive amniocentesis.