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How Investors Can Shape AI for the Benefit of Workers

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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.

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Leveraging AI in Social Work: A Pathway to Empowering Vulnerable Populations

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

In this section, let’s explore how AI can revolutionize social work practices in three key areas: elder care, mental health support for veterans, and education for children on the autism spectrum. This enables social workers to proactively reach out to older clients, offering timely interventions and support before a crisis occurs.

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The Need for More Inclusive Leadership Narratives

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Discovering the Need for Change In 2016, after nearly 50 years of funding health and healthcare leadership development initiatives, RWJF launched four new leadership programs that sought to advance a Culture of Health , one that works to provide everyone in the United States a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

In the Bronx, co-op organizers have partnered with public school teachers to develop a curriculum where high school students “learn by doing.” Notable successes include distribution of free shoes, clothing, healthcare, and food that was often produced through cooperatives and collective activity ….Solidarity