NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

When schools and daycares shuttered, when food and other supply chains broke, who delivered baby supplies to parents juggling virtual work and young children? Disaggregating by race allowed us to do a meaningful comparison when answering questions like, “Did organizations have the resources to meet changed community needs?

Governance 94

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 94

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Image credit: onlyyouqj on istock.com Precision medicine, which relies on genomics to understand how a person’s genetic makeup affects their health, looms large over the United States’ overburdened and underperforming healthcare system.

Race and Ethnicity 96

Race and Ethnicity Health Healthcare Medical 96

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

Health 115

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 25, 2023

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. Many other organizations were adapting their external missions and messaging to this new landscape, too, re-focusing programs on issues like public health and racial equity.

Management 86

Management Race and Ethnicity Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 86

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Founded by parents who had two children with Down syndrome, they were inspired to open a coffee shop that would provide a workplace for people with disabilities. The livable wage in the area for a single adult with no children is $16.44 Today, the current minimum wage in Wilmington is $7.25

Race and Ethnicity 128

Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Law Education 128

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 10, 2017

My mother, uncles, aunties, and their friends lived in terror as school-aged children. One city-wide project called DreamWeek in San Antonio, Texas, features over one hundred events, with nonprofits that support a variety of topics, from autism to Jewish art to health and fitness. They were spat on, hosed down, bullied, and threatened.

Culture 52

Culture Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Poverty 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 17, 2023

Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ ‘s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health” and was adapted from The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves by Shawn A. A sustained peace of mind comes from the stability of a good job, knowing that your children are safe, knowing that you are not going to lose your home.

Race and Ethnicity 111

Race and Ethnicity Health Public and Social Policy Culture 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

2 Today’s Utility System Disparities Deploying new climate technologies with century-plus-old unjust laws, regulations, and practices… poses a high risk that existing disparities will be locked in for another century while the root power, race, and capital imbalances fueling the climate crisis go unaddressed. See also Deborah A.

Energy 87

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

By Tlaleng Mofokeng & Karabi Acharya In countries and communities around the world there are organizers, leaders, and experts who are working to remove the barriers to health that are rooted in racism and structural discrimination. And yet a lot of the public health messaging had that framing. There was no dignity there.

Health 123

Health Medical Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy 123