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Why Organizers Need Mobilizers and Mobilizers Need Organizers

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Hence in February 2016 they launched the “Let Them Stay” campaign, demanding that the Australian government allow 267 asylum-seekers, including 33 babies, to remain on mainland Australia, where they had come for medical care, rather than be returned to offshore detention centers. Rather than acting alone, GetUp!

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Why Reparations Can Counter the Legacy of a 50-Year “War on Drugs”

NonProfit Quarterly

This record acts as a form of permanent punishment, limiting our ability to participate in civil society through a complex web of laws in Illinois that punish people with criminal records, often indefinitely. Rehabilitation includes medical and psychological care, as well as legal and social services.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Slavery ensued for the next three centuries and was only abolished on May 13, 1888, through a law titled Lei Áurea (the “Golden Law”) —66 years after Brazil became independent. Only a collaborative approach that unites the public and private sectors and civil society will bring about true equity.

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Dr. James explains how to harness friendship reciprocity to unlock heroic donations

iMarketSmart

The simple game has an unbreakable law: Giving must be seen by partners who are able and willing to reciprocate. In the extreme game, the law still applies. A simple example One fundraiser for a law school shared this story. “I ABA Law School Development Conference , San Diego, CA. [9] Civil Society.

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Paths from systems failure

Philanthropy 2173

I have private insurance and access to best medical care - systems is barely able to meet my long Covid needs - can't be working for anyone. Private money speaks; public access, equitable service, equal rights before the law - nice concepts, not reality. So we're choosing for children to die. Public education systems are failing.

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Unlocking the Potential of Open 990 Data

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The IRS is currently completing its rollout of the new law. billion in medical bills to patients whose incomes were likely low enough to qualify for free or discounted care. Shed light on harmful practices that hurt the poor.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Law professor John Eason notes that present-day social justice movements often call for renouncing past namings for slave owners, white supremacists, or anti-Semites. Today’s utilitarian donor would ensure that others benefit equally and are not harmed by a naming gift for a building.

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