NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Narrative History Narratives are our cultural understandings, our frames of reference, our mental models—they provide the story of our social world. During this time, Black people were forced into labor without choice or compensation because of the widespread cultural narrative that they were racially inferior.

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Poverty Governance Insurance 86

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

Image Credit: Etienne Girardet on unsplash.com Many people working in nonprofits and philanthropy say they want to reduce poverty, and increasingly, foundations, nonprofits, and social-movement organizations are developing communications strategies and telling stories that aim to dispel the myth that the US economic system is equitable and fair.

Poverty 104

Poverty Ethics Culture Philanthropy 104

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2023

We’ve expanded awareness of the need for racial equity, renewing a focus on issues such as police violence and healthcare disparities as a result. But today, in a changed cultural environment, many gains have been challenged and, to varying extents, undone. Reproductive health shouldn’t be left to chance.

Healthcare 89

Healthcare Health Culture Poverty 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Soft skills, relationship building, and culture will all still matter across industries and job types. The care economy employs 17 percent of the US workforce, an area currently experiencing one of the greatest employment shortages, including home healthcare aides and nurses. Nearly one in five home healthcare aides lives in poverty.

Curriculum and Teaching 106

Curriculum and Teaching Healthcare Civil Society Technology 106

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 21, 2023

Another 2021 study found from thousands of participants that “motivation, networking, socio-cultural, business environment, training and development, and financials have a significant positive influence on the performance of the women entrepreneurs.” Health equity and access is a key component of the Power Up Conference.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Participation and motivation Health Leadership 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

What I cared about was poverty, poor people, and those on the margins—those with less material resources. Then I did more studying at the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health. These are the things people brought to their healthcare providers. You’ve consistently focused on minority health.

Medical 81

Medical Health Leadership Healthcare 81

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Poverty, debt, and inequality are crucial to me. But on the other hand, you can see that in a country without universal healthcare, all it takes is a cancer diagnosis to decimate your wealth. In a society with healthcare, pensions, or other forms of a safety net, you wouldn’t have to be rich to be secure.

Manufacturing 140

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Healthcare 140

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With the current social injustice crises of women’s healthcare and reproductive rights, racial violence, political extremism and disinformation, Nunes, who describes herself as an optimist, says it is similar to other points in history. It is important for NOW to have a Black woman leading,” Nunes says.

Universities 98

Universities Philanthropy Health Foundations 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

And rich people who could afford to isolate, not have to go into an office, could afford healthcare, got richer. This led to the requirement of US federal agencies to secure the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of Indigenous Nations related to their environment, lands, water, livelihoods, and culture.

Public and Social Policy 101

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 101

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. A majority of voters supported replacing private health insurance with a universal government plan.

Governance 82

Governance Insurance Homelessness Healthcare 82

Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. One example is the Rotary Club, which was formed as a place for people of different backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs to come together and exchange valuable ideas, create friendships, and make a change.

Volunteerism 88

Volunteerism Volunteerism Participation and motivation Disaster Relief 88

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 22, 2023

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. What support do we need to foster a culture of learning, risk, and mutual vulnerability?

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Leadership Health Public and Nonprofit Management 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

26 Even so, Isabelle Moses, Faith in Action’s chief of staff, explained that, after Reed left, it required “a comprehensive effort to transform the culture of the national staff team through self-examination around race and gender” that lasted more than three years. Are poverty wages less miserable because your boss is Black?

Public and Social Policy 69

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 69

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

“In fact, donors who attend religious services are more likely to have given toward disaster relief (68%), domestic hunger or poverty relief (66%), helping people with disabilities (56%), health care or medical research (54%), and veterans’ causes (52%) than they are to have supported specifically religious work,&# the study notes.

Disaster Relief 55

Disaster Relief Poverty Children Medical 55

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

I have learned that there is an enormous diversity within the sector – higher education institutions, advocacy groups, public broadcasting stations, health organizations, unions, associations and relief organizations are distinct from each other. So, most of the world does not have as strong a culture of individual and corporate giving.

Public and Social Policy 28

Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising Technology 28

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

I have learned that there is an enormous diversity within the sector – higher education institutions, advocacy groups, public broadcasting stations, health organizations, unions, associations and relief organizations are distinct from each other. So, most of the world does not have as strong a culture of individual and corporate giving.

Public and Social Policy 28

Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising Technology 28

EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Healthcare. Southern Poverty Law Center. The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Black Women For Wellness is committed to the health and well-being of Black women and girls through health education, empowerment and advocacy.

Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Law Education Education 76