NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

Race and Ethnicity 123

Race and Ethnicity Community Development Participation and motivation Culture 123

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Raychan on Unsplash This article introduces a new NPQ series, titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). What Is Comprehensive Community Development?

Values 113

Values Community Development Culture Race and Ethnicity 113

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Through collaborative action, Mothers Out Front East Boston is fighting for the right to breathe clean air and live and work in a community that is safe and healthy. Though our neighbor, Massport is inaccessible to our community. We are demanding equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.

Race and Ethnicity 122

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 122

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Historical and cultural barriers Historical and cultural barriers can also hinder social mobility for individuals from underserved communities as they may face prejudice and discrimination based on their cultural background. It’s a complex tapestry of challenges: Prosperity or poverty, race, religion, gender and sexual orientation.

Leadership 104

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Decades of discriminatory housing, transportation, and land-use policy combined with economic disinvestment have resulted in communities that are residentially segregated by income, race, ethnicity, language, and immigration status. Flexible, Collaborative Learning. Creating a Learning Community.

Health 95

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Several organizations have adopted strengths-based or assets-based practices ranging from community development in the Solomon Islands to working with homeless and disadvantaged people in the UK. Like Nussbaum’s framework for healthy context, researchers have developed comprehensive approaches applicable to individuals.

Philanthropy 115

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 115

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A few years later, I worked as a minority health coordinator, focusing on racial and ethnic minority populations in Rhode Island—on people like me, who come here with dreams and hopes to do better but often find themselves without the resources or opportunities they need.

Health 120

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 120