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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

Y ou walk through the door, so happy to be able to receive care at a community birth center right in your neighborhood. You, your partner, and your children are greeted by name, maybe even with warm hugs. They welcome your whole family to the visit. Your kids listen to the baby and see them on the ultrasound.

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Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

The following month, alongside our co-organizer the Democracy at Work Institute and in conjunction with the eighth biannual national worker co-op conference, the U.S. 1 While the deeper intent of the Act has yet to be realized, the worker co-op movement was nonetheless inspired by this feat. The tides were turning.

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Our EveryAction Hero: Girls Inc.

EveryAction

This Women’s History Month, as we celebrate women’s historic achievements and recognize how their lives have shaped history - both past and present - we’re also looking towards the future at the next generation of fearless leaders. Empowering women starts with empowering girls.