NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this conversation between Cyndi Suarez, NPQ ’s president and editor in chief, and Kaytura Felix, managing director, Leadership for Better Health, at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the two leaders discuss medical racism, health justice, and what it really means for a system to support people’s health. I went to medical school.

Medical 87

Medical Health Leadership Healthcare 87

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

By the end of it, I was asking myself: “Why do people think poverty is their fault? Two or three subjects in my book relied on it for school lunches, for medical care, all the stuff that again is not covered by health insurance. They are playing the role of care managers or social workers or medical and disability aides for people.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 89

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I could see those patients in my office, give them some medication, and see them again at their follow-up appointment a month later, their situation basically unchanged—or I could do something different. In the Central Falls/Pawtucket HEZ, nearly a third of residents live in poverty, and one in three are recent immigrants.

Health 112

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 112

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

NPQ : In your book, you make a point of connecting the idea of “family separation,” as it occurs all the time in the present-day child welfare system when children are put under the custody of the state, to the widely criticized family separation immigration policy of the Trump administration. These are children whose parents are struggling.

Children 136

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 136

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Programs that involve children resonate widely. Think about organizations that take children with cancer and their families on wonderful vacations. I know how challenging it is to build support for a mission that doesn’t involve children, animals, or people we are used to seeing in vulnerable situations. A compelling mission.

Fundraising 127

Fundraising Fundraising Food Children 127

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Programs that involve children resonate widely. Think about organizations that take children with terminal cancer and their families on wonderful vacations. When I worked at the food bank, we were often called on for a local perspective any time food insecurity was in the national news. Who can say no to that?

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Fundraising Food Children 59

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

million children out of poverty. By early 2023, however, Governor Tim Walz was declaring , “Now is the time to go bold” and pledged to “lead the nation in ending child poverty.” The paid family and medical leave system does not take effect until 2026. But many pieces of major legislation failed. Child tax credit ?

Public and Social Policy 88

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Construction 88