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

Bloomerang

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S. There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education.

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Fighting for Cleaner Air in East Boston

NonProfit Quarterly

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. Fifty percent of its residents were born outside of the US and identify as Latino/a ; about half of all families in the neighborhood live below the official poverty line.

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MNA’s Land Acknowledgement Partner Commitment  

MNA Association

While its services are designed by Natives for Natives, All Nations honors traditional values such as charity and generosity and makes its services available to everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, or income status. We know we are stronger together, but to truly come together we must all commit to education, action, and change.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. The proposed work would integrate fundamental changes in programs and policies to transform driver education, active and latent safety measures, and the built environment. No one wants to become homeless.

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Several studies have shown that in societies that are characterized by high levels of poverty, the well-being of entrepreneurs is related to the savings they have. About 30 percent of the social entrepreneurs from poor communities in our research sample did not study at the higher education level.

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Beyond Identity Funding: Rethinking Social Justice Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

Throughout its history, social justice philanthropy has generally remained organized around siloed identities, such as gender, race, and sexual orientation. Throughout its history, social justice philanthropy has generally remained organized around siloed identities, such as gender, race, and sexual orientation.

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Changing the Health System: A Community-Led Approach Rises in Rhode Island

NonProfit Quarterly

Fast forward to my family’s move to Portugal, where my mother was born, then to the United States, where, in 1998, I found a job with the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) as an education and outreach coordinator. Connecticut and Delaware have also created similar community-rooted collaboratives.

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