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Equity in The Balance: Catalyst Winners On DEI Tools To Change Work Culture

Fundraising Leadership

womeninleadership ” At UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center), the U.S. Culture eats strategy for lunch.” Culture needs to be tailor made in every company with institutional memories, talents and environment, you design the mindset.” The #CatalystAwards 2023 honorees accomplish those missions. asks Bible. “We

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Music: A Prescription for Health and Social Connection

NonProfit Quarterly

Researchers and mental-health practitioners from Northwestern University, the Mayo Clinic, and the Institute of Therapy through the Arts have joined forces to examine how music-based therapy can improve social engagement among patients with dementia. Who is impacted by dementia? In the US, one in 10 older Americans have dementia.

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Dismantling Bias: Toward Ethical and Inclusive Health Innovation

NonProfit Quarterly

The HeLa cell culture has survived for more than 70 years and is integral to biomedical research around the globe. Some innovations—which were deployed without the rigorous testing needed to assess their viability and safety—have also posed a more universal threat to the public.

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Navigating the Pay Maze: MNA’s Experience with Compensation Equity

MNA Association

Similar gaps exist based on differences in race and ethnicity. Our cultural norm is not to have open conversations about compensation, and that, frankly, has allowed inequity to persist. We also value our team and would like them to stick around (aka employee retention).

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Walking Through Truth: Indigenous Wisdom and Community Health Equity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Indigenous Peoples have oral histories that confirm eons of existence in relationship with place, and we should be respectful that many Indigenous cultures have their own belief systems regarding creation and the origins of their populations. I was fortunate to grow up in a family with many traditional healers and cultural leaders.

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How to Hire the Right People for Raising Major Gifts

iMarketSmart

Just 12% of gifts at private universities are unrestricted, and a mere 3% at public universities. The EAB study looked at 1,200 MGOs from 90 colleges and universities. As the study points out, 26% of giving pledge signers are ethnic minorities, immigrants, or non-US residents. That’s one fourth.

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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. They all present experiences which we — by no fault of our own — may find hard to comprehend.