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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements. A job that pays less than childcare costs, imposes schedules on short notice, and doesn’t offer benefits cannot help people escape poverty.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

An Inspiration In the eyes of medical experts , the future of medicine is to prioritize keeping people healthy for longer periods. For example, the Australian Medical Association’s recent health vision is a departure from a tradition of what they call “sickcare” to a genuine health care. Medicine 3.0: Medicine 2.0

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Living into a Childhood Commitment: A Conversation with Cyndi Suarez and Kaytura Felix

NonProfit Quarterly

I went to medical school. I was a financial aid student in medical school. What I cared about was poverty, poor people, and those on the margins—those with less material resources. What I cared about was poverty, poor people, and those on the margins—those with less material resources. And that has guided my work.

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How to write a Strong Nonprofit Mission Statement [Template + Examples]

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Bright Pink: Bright Pink helps to save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Data released in 2022 by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, “Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics”) shows that unemployment and informal labor are higher among this group, which is also more exposed to violence and poverty. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. Such lack of access is an injustice that feeds poor health outcomes, including higher rates of chronic diseases, such as diabetes. Black excellence abounds here.

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Not Invented, But Scaled Here

Stanford Social Innovation Review

million pairs of affordable reading glasses to low-income customers in remote areas, creating a path out of poverty by extending productive livelihoods, and generating $1.8B Community Health Entrepreneurs earned a better living. To date VisionSpring has sold 8.7 in economic impact. It seemed a perfect match. If so, how?