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Work Requirements Are Rooted in the History of Slavery

NonProfit Quarterly

In 1996, Democratic President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law , which ended the entitlement to cash aid and introduced time-limited benefits tied to work requirements. Breaking these laws could mean fines, arrest, or sentences—forcing them back into unpaid labor on plantations.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Data released in 2022 by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, “Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics”) shows that unemployment and informal labor are higher among this group, which is also more exposed to violence and poverty. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

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Nonprofits and Movements: How Do the Two Relate?

NonProfit Quarterly

“Nonprofitization affects the structures of movements and the culture of our movements.…[It] Spade questions whether this method can achieve liberatory ends, arguing against the idea that change will occur if a “nonprofit report shows that poverty is bad, or cops are racist.” What does he mean by “attack and steal”?

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

An Inspiration In the eyes of medical experts , the future of medicine is to prioritize keeping people healthy for longer periods. For example, the Australian Medical Association’s recent health vision is a departure from a tradition of what they call “sickcare” to a genuine health care. Medicine 3.0: Medicine 2.0 Medicine 3.0

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How to write a Strong Nonprofit Mission Statement [Template + Examples]

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Watts of Love: Watts of Love is a global solar lighting nonprofit bringing people the power to raise themselves out of the darkness of poverty. Kiva : To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Oxfam : To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice. TED : Ideas worth spreading.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. It prioritizes building personal, social, emotional, and cultural capacities of human beings—instead of irrational consumption. Sometimes, nonprofits advance economic justice; sometimes, they are part of the problem.

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Changing the Health System: A Community-Led Approach Rises in Rhode Island

NonProfit Quarterly

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. The culture I come from relies a lot on storytelling to cement our learning and culture.

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