NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The homelessness that happens, the lack of shelter, the lack of livelihood, the lack of security. The homelessness that happens, the lack of shelter, the lack of livelihood, the lack of security. IC: Defining it as witnessing professional is really interesting because I think of journalists as griots and then as record keepers.

Psychology 119

Psychology Health Activism Public and Social Policy 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

That’s why, for a funder collaborative like Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO), racial equity is central to our mission of housing equity. Housing Justice Through Policy, Narrative, and Local Change. Racism is so deeply embedded in this system, in fact, that housing justice and racial justice are inseparable.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Leadership 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

Trends across multiple indicators linked to SDG targets, such as maternal mortality, overdose and suicide rates, and proficiency in reading and math, suggest that the future health and well-being of American youth, women, and minority racial and ethnic groups are particularly at risk.

Collaborations 96

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 96

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Yet the quest for health equity has been stymied. The lack of meaningful health equity progress is due to business-as-usual approaches and interventions focused on getting quick results—which are often temporary, weak, and ineffective. While urgent services are necessary, they can never advance enduring health equity and wellbeing.

Health 78

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 78

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Another piece of this painting would look like a landscape of advocacy and policy change institutions that prioritize racial and economic justice to level the playing field. The reality is more complicated.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2023

And while sustained public critique has the power to change the field, it’s hard to know what will actually stick—a brief skim of the thousands of articles that assert “philanthropy must” or “philanthropy needs to” change shows that most critiques simply fade away over time.

Philanthropy 101

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Governance Foundations 101

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That created enough public outrage to lead to [a rule] that said that those unsuitability clauses could no longer be used. The idea is to build political will, to create some of the policy changes that we want to see, things like repealing mandatory reporting laws. Over 90 percent of those children were Black.

Children 137

Children Poverty Law Public and Social Policy 137

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Advocacy and organizing for racially equitable housing policies is a cornerstone of building a just housing system in the United States. COVID-19 has exacerbated this crisis, and the country’s recent racial reckoning has heightened awareness of the need for racially equitable housing policies to support healthier communities.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 101