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Music: A Prescription for Health and Social Connection

NonProfit Quarterly

This national network supports the health and wellbeing of Black communities through community-based, culturally sustaining music practices. Dementia mostly impacts older adults across all races and ethnicities, although some forms of dementia do impact younger people as well. Who is impacted by dementia?

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The Other Maternal Health Crisis: Black Birthing People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

However, recent research has revealed that race is even more important than income when it comes to birth outcomes. Another crucial factor in maternal and infant health: the mental wellbeing of women and birthing people, especially as it intersects with race.

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“Seeding by ceding”: What we know about the latest group of organizations funded by MacKenzie Scott

Candid

This time around, more than 30 recipients were fiscally sponsored entities, collaboratives, or specific funds within organizations. For example, several donor collaboratives housed at Borealis Philanthropy were individually supported, including the Black Led Movement Fund, the Disability Inclusion Fund, and the Spark Justice Fund.

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

Early on, the community established itself enough to have its own cultural center, known as Cambodia Town. Political figures, professionals, teachers, Buddhist monks, and people from various ethnic minority groups were executed. But so too is the creative spirit. Led by Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge made everything much worse.

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Dismantling Bias: Toward Ethical and Inclusive Health Innovation

NonProfit Quarterly

The HeLa cell culture has survived for more than 70 years and is integral to biomedical research around the globe. For instance, race-based diagnostics and practice guidelines—remnants of slavery and eugenics, which asserted that people of different races are biologically distinct—have been incorporated into modern AI systems.

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Essential Skills for Staying Competitive in the Global Job Market

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

As businesses grow internationally, another challenge is adjusting to different cultural norms and work styles. Although English is the most common language in international business, knowing other languages can be a big advantage when collaborating with clients or coworkers from around the world.

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Preserving Places of Belonging in Asian America: The Value of Community Voice

NonProfit Quarterly

But they are, in fact, incredibly diverse—representing many ethnicities, speaking hundreds of languages, identifying with various faiths, with very different migration stories. Community members face the possibility of losing the cultural anchors that these small businesses often represent for them.

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