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Creative Wildfire: Art for the Frontlines

NonProfit Quarterly

That’s what Creative Wildfire —an organizing project supporting artists, cultural workers, and organizations—seeks to do. Initially intended for organizers, the retreats widened their target participants in the summer of 2014 to include artists and cultural workers who had been traditionally ignored in movement spaces. “We

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Building Tenant Power for the Long Haul: A Story from Long Beach, California

NonProfit Quarterly

Long Beach is among the nation’s most ethnically diverse cities. Despite being home to many culturally diverse neighborhoods, the city remains deeply segregated, a lasting effect from decades of redlining. Nearly three-quarters of city residents are people of color, with the Latinx population growing the fastest.

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Creative School Fundraising Ideas [+ AI Fundraising Idea Generator]

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Charge a fee for participation and highlight the educational value to parents. Sell tickets and promote the event’s entertainment value. Charge a fee for participation and emphasize the educational value and real-world applications. Charge an entry fee and promote cross-cultural understanding.

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Holding Our Ground: Tenant Organizing in San Francisco’s Mission District

NonProfit Quarterly

Stunningly, the same report found that 51 percent of Ellis Act evictions were done within one year of landlords acquiring the properties—a sure sign that the evictions had nothing to do with landlords “retiring” and everything to do with landlords seeking to extract more value from the properties they had purchased.

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Public Land for Public Good: Preserving Miami’s Dominican Neighborhood

NonProfit Quarterly

According to the National Trust, the annual list “spotlights important examples of our nation’s architectural and cultural heritage that, without applied action and immediate advocacy, will be lost or face irreparable damage.” Boost cultural economic development with commercial district revitalization strategies.

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Why Inclusive Brand Marketing Is Imperative Today

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Be sensitive to cultural diversity and how your visuals may affect your audience. For example color psychology is frequently cited as an important factor in choosing palettes for design, but it varies from culture to culture. Think outside the box by remembering that you have more than just one demographic to market to.

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The Big Chill: Why Nonprofits Should Care about Affirmative Action

Blue Avocado

Where We Are Now Nonprofits and charitable foundations are now left wondering what practices may expose them to legal action and how they may continue to operate in alignment with their values and objectives while complying with the evolving state of the law. Recommendation 2: Support advocacy efforts.