NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 3, 2024

Lesley-Ann Noel is using her design skills to tackle real-world problems like homelessness and environmental sustainability. Her approach addresses social problems, while also making design more inclusive and responsive to social change. I focus on social issues. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Children Education Education 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

5) The causes that donors give to on GivingTuesday: Hunger and homelessness – 13%. Human and social services – 8%. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%. Research and public policy – 1%. Public media and communications – 0%. Social media – 25%.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Homelessness Charitable Organizations 145

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Limited access to networks Limited access to networks and social capital can make it difficult for individuals to connect with others who can help them advance in their careers and succeed in their endeavors.

Leadership 111

Leadership Poverty Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Another piece of this painting would look like a landscape of advocacy and policy change institutions that prioritize racial and economic justice to level the playing field. The reality is more complicated.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 115

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

How did your youth organizing lead you to decide to make social movement work your career? Here, I also got acclimated to the themes and issues of social justice. For me, it was a great setting to decide that ultimately, I wanted to make a commitment to social change. We became storm refugees, and I was homeless.

Governance 112

Governance Public and Social Policy Homelessness Production 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have, can breathe clean air, eat healthy and culturally appropriate food, and have a safe, affordable place to call home. The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike. Learning About Community Power.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Identity politics is everywhere—and so are its political critics, from white nationalists and their right-wing apologists to leftists who want to talk about class but not race, gender, or other social identities and differences. When this is the case, what, if anything, is worth salvaging from identity politics?

Construction 94

Construction Public and Social Policy Culture Healthcare 94

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

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. I asked Victoria for advice on how to communicate a safe and LGBTQ friendly agency.

Communication 57

Communication Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Culture 57

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The homelessness that happens, the lack of shelter, the lack of livelihood, the lack of security. I have always been a social and political activist, and always moved around large institutional and systemic issues. We’re contributing to a larger cultural shift as much as anything. IC: Tell me about the Alliance’s beginnings.

Psychology 117

Psychology Health Activism Public and Social Policy 117

Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

All we’ve been doing is emailing and maybe if we weren’t socially distanced, we would have met each other already. if you have a give policy in place and they have not given, does not mean that they don’t consider themselves family. A culture doesn’t like silence. But you’re awesome.

Fundraising 123

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2023

And while sustained public critique has the power to change the field, it’s hard to know what will actually stick—a brief skim of the thousands of articles that assert “philanthropy must” or “philanthropy needs to” change shows that most critiques simply fade away over time.

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Governance Foundations 105