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Nonprofit Talent Summit Addresses Key Workforce Challenges for Tennessee Nonprofits

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Thompson is Vice President of Public Policy for the National Council of Nonprofits , the nation’s largest network of nonprofit organizations. He practiced law for 17 years specializing in labor relations, employment law, government contracting, and subsequently directed federal and state advocacy for a government relations firm.

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Announcing the Mid-South Nonprofit Conference Speakers!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Whether it is fundraising, board development, public policy or leadership development, it is critical that all roles within the sector take an “all-in” approach to building the capacity of the nonprofit sector towards real change and success. Nonprofit staff and volunteer teams can often face burnout due to “wearing many hats”.

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Nonprofit Talent Summit Addresses Key Workforce Challenges for Tennessee Nonprofits

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Thompson is Vice President of Public Policy for the National Council of Nonprofits , the nation’s largest network of nonprofit organizations. He practiced law for 17 years specializing in labor relations, employment law, government contracting, and subsequently directed federal and state advocacy for a government relations firm.

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Safety in Solidarity: How to Safeguard Movement Groups and Members

NonProfit Quarterly

Safety Means Freedom to Thrive For 20 years, the Miss Major Alexander L Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center (TGIJP) has been building power and leadership among transgender, gender variant, and intersex people. We engage in community organizing to understand how laws impact everyone,” said Tiffany Roberts, public policy director at SCHR. “We

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Slavery ensued for the next three centuries and was only abolished on May 13, 1888, through a law titled Lei Áurea (the “Golden Law”) —66 years after Brazil became independent. Changes like these have impacted culture, including increased Black representation in highly popular TV soap operas and marketing campaigns.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Cultivate biodiversity-friendly organizational cultures. For effective biodiversity conservation, companies must cultivate an internal culture where employees champion this cause. It requires robust industrial and public policies that prioritize biodiversity conservation and address the root of the issue: excessive consumerism.

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Land Rematriation: A Conversation with Cyndi Suarez, Donald Soctomah, Darren Ranco, Mali Obomsawin, Gabriela Alcalde, and Kate Dempsey

NonProfit Quarterly

Mali Obomsawin: I would like to acknowledge that I’m a citizen of a nation that is not one of the nations in so-called Maine, so in terms of federal Indian law sovereignty, it does not apply to me in that context. And in many Indigenous cultures, this is seen as the domain of women-centered work. CS: Interesting. May I ask why?