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Music: A Prescription for Health and Social Connection

NonProfit Quarterly

Researchers and mental-health practitioners from Northwestern University, the Mayo Clinic, and the Institute of Therapy through the Arts have joined forces to examine how music-based therapy can improve social engagement among patients with dementia. Who is impacted by dementia? In the US, one in 10 older Americans have dementia.

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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. Some innovations—which were deployed without the rigorous testing needed to assess their viability and safety—have also posed a more universal threat to the public.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

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. They all present experiences which we — by no fault of our own — may find hard to comprehend.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

Because we offer expert training and technical assistance across the continuum of sexual violence prevention and response (as well as to a wide variety of professions in both nonprofit and public service systems), having so many advisory committees ensures that we are collaborating with people working in all aspects of the sexual violence field.

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Uprooting Oppressive Values in Social Change Work through Emotional Intelligence

NonProfit Quarterly

When we are working and leading within social change organizations, that means building organizational culture and structures that prioritize below-the-surface work. Her organization provides services to marginalized communities of color in the city and advocates for universal basic income.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

11 Nor are the economic data any more encouraging when one measures inequality by race. Until quite recently, many economic justice movement organizations were “race neutral” in their approach. 21 In other words, until quite recently, it was considered politically smart for economic justice groups to avoid talking about race.

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Movements Are Leading the Way: Reenvisioning and Redesigning Laws and Governance for a Just Energy Utility Transition

NonProfit Quarterly

These structures go beyond the physical infrastructure of poles, wires, and pipes to encompass the culture, laws, institutions, and power structures that shape who gets to live today and who gets to live—and even thrive—in the coming decades. We can lead with justice toward a climate-resilient system that values everyone.

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