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

NonProfit Quarterly

Socioeconomic determinants such as household income, housing conditions, employment, and access to health insurance affect maternal health outcomes. However, recent research has revealed that race is even more important than income when it comes to birth outcomes.

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

Early on, the community established itself enough to have its own cultural center, known as Cambodia Town. Political figures, professionals, teachers, Buddhist monks, and people from various ethnic minority groups were executed. But so too is the creative spirit. Led by Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge made everything much worse.

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Management Challenges: Early Lessons in Advancing Pay Equity and Wellness Globally

NonProfit Quarterly

We have also been stirred by the long-overdue reckoning over race in the United States and sought in response to address racial equity more squarely in our work. Staff may be underpaid or lack culturally relevant benefits. Introspection and culture shift is needed, too.