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The Pitfalls of Personal Judgment

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Logan McDonnell As a nonprofit professional with over a decade of experience working in homelessness programs and currently working in homelessness prevention, I’ve often heard coworkers describe how a person in one of these programs reminded them of a close relative or friend.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

CNN recently reported that “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. The second example illustrates an important intermediary step towards eliminating homelessness from a Zero-Problem Philanthropy vision.

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

Bloomerang

Historical and cultural barriers Historical and cultural barriers can also hinder social mobility for individuals from underserved communities as they may face prejudice and discrimination based on their cultural background. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S.

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Redesigning the Birth Experience of Native Parents: A Case Study of Community Codesign

NonProfit Quarterly

Rather, it shifts into a different sort of navigation: the too-common experience of being a Native person in a healthcare system that is mostly unaware of the historical trauma and cultural traditions that infuse the birth experience of Native people. Native people make up over 6 percent of Humboldt’s total population, compared to just 1.3

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Where’s the Love: Is Your Communications Strategy LGBTQ Inclusive?

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide, we believe that cultural competency is an important element of good nonprofit communications. When people think about cultural competency, they tend to talk in terms of race, ethnicity, gender and religion. Do not be afraid of getting it wrong. “If