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Why Are We Ignoring One-Sixth of the Nonprofit Workforce?

NonProfit Quarterly

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers, Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. government began collecting data on volunteering, reported the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland.

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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. The provincial government agreed to help underwrite worker salaries. The governance model for solidarity co-ops is a multi-stakeholder approach.

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US Nonprofit Sector Documents Its Own Powerlessness, but What Will We Do?

NonProfit Quarterly

Jump forward to 2007: The book Seen but not HeardStrengthening Nonprofit Advocac y , authored by a team of researchers and published by the Aspen Institute , reported that nonprofits participate sporadically and infrequently on public policy, based on a survey of 1,738 organizations.

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Using Narrative Power to Advance Liberation: Six Key Elements

NonProfit Quarterly

Society’s narrative hierarchy, underpinned by institutional forces—government, economy, ­ religion—and mediated through culture and digital spaces, assigns credibility in a way that often silences marginalized voices. This hierarchy dictates who gets to speak and whose stories are deemed legitimate.

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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination

NonProfit Quarterly

In Legislative Theatre, the plays created by community groups directly address unjust public policy and practice, and the improvisations by spect-actors offer the opportunity to test new laws, rules, and resources to address those problems. Through this process, TONYC helped to shape city policy and practice between 2013 and 2019.

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Meet the Hidden Majority of Nonprofits: The All-Volunteer Organization

NonProfit Quarterly

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. Many AVOs stumble when they first hire someone to manage the organization.

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Navigating DEI Challenges: Strategic Advice for Nonprofits to Meet the Moment

NonProfit PRO

Some helpful questions to consider: How vulnerable are your funding streams to changes in public policy or political oversight? This response was met with widespread support from a range of civil society. Understanding your unique risk exposure is a crucial first step. setForceSafeFrame(true).addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",