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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Josiah S on istock.com Founded in March 2009, the Oath Keepers are an anti-government far-right militia group comprising former law enforcement, first responders, and former military who pledge to defend the United States against government tyranny at all costs. Actual law enforcement looked the other way.

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Reading List: Bridging Divides to Create Social Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics.

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Get Inspired: 40 Quotes About Nonprofit Leadership and Fundraising

Nonprofit Fixer

Like, ‘We’ll help you, you’re poor, you need money, but we don’t actually trust you to buy food because we just think you’re going to buy beer or hot Cheetos.’” - Vu Le, Nonprofit AF ( source ) “All of our goals must be measurable. Orrin Webb ( source ) “Equality means more than passing laws.

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Guidance for making grants to support Ukraine

Candid

While many funders will choose to support the Ukrainian people and refugees, some may wish to support Russians facing economic collapse and food insecurity. Namely: Russia’s civil society has been under assault for decades. Russia has made it nearly impossible for its nonprofit sector to receive funds from abroad.

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Paths from systems failure

Philanthropy 2173

He's clear in the article that he's talking about global systems - food crises, inflation, and displacement. Private money speaks; public access, equitable service, equal rights before the law - nice concepts, not reality. Alliance article is paywalled) In some cases, I think his timeline is too generous.

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Unrigging the Gig Economy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The United States is home to more gig firms than anywhere in the world, with apps for food delivery, dog walking, haircuts, babysitters, warehouse temp workers, and much more. On some platforms, workers face automatic penalties for canceling jobs over reasons protected by law in traditional employment. And that made all the difference.

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Dr. James explains what happens when fundraising metrics go bad

iMarketSmart

Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal, 12 , 235-285. The gift: The form and reason for exchange in archaic societies. Reciprocal altruism in Yanomamö food exchange. Civil Society. American charitable bequest transfers across the centuries: Empirical findings and implications for policy and practice.