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Healing Society through the Archaeology of Self™: A Racial Literacy Development Approach

NonProfit Quarterly

This component provides a process for delving deeply into one’s own life experiences and peeling back the layers to uncover the complex dynamics—specifically of race and diversity—that shape our perspectives. Civil society leaders must grapple with complex challenges rooted in social inequality, systemic biases, and cultural divides.

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Creating partnerships: Closing the gender pay gap by challenging the status quo together 

Candid

At the same time, women have been excluded from higher-paying industries where men disproportionately work, like STEM and the construction and trades fields. Furthermore, gender- and race-based biases continue to shape how many view women’s roles and relegate women to lower pay and less financial security. Phillips, and Erika V.

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Living Beyond the Constructs: A Conversation with Cyndi Suarez and Marcus Walton

NonProfit Quarterly

MW: And so, I want to position that for funders, for people who are leading philanthropic organizations, to be able to think differently and workshop ideas for integration with peers, and grapple constructively with the myriad complexities associated with implementing racially equitable principles and practices. CS: He wants to do that.

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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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Fundraising Ethics In Higher Education

Bloomerang

Race and ethnicity are forbidden, but specific school districts are permissible in which minorities are populous. Many institutions go by the guideline that the gift must represent at least half of construction costs. Fortunately, fundraisers are not without strong resources and guidance.

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Improving AAPI Health with Better Data

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Urja Bhatt on unsplash.com Recently, a colleague asked me to identify my race. Presented with the standard options for race (White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian), I’ve always selected Asian. She was collecting diversity information and needed to fill in the field.

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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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