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From Fixers to Builders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The following examples illustrate the power of next narrative appeals to win civil rights, invest billions for equity, revive educational institutions, and win public support across the political map today. He had climbed out of homelessness, incarceration and addiction.

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How the Climate Crisis Impacts People Who Are Unhoused

NonProfit Quarterly

But libraries, which are often overstretched and fighting to maintain funding, cant do everything thats needed to address homelessness, especially as the climate crisis worsens already difficult situations. Of course, its more than just the direct impact of weathering a natural disaster that can thrust people into homelessness.

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Providence Nonprofits Reeling from Funding Cuts and Threats (And, Organizations—What You Can Do!)

NonProfit Quarterly

What do Johnson & Wales University, Head Start, WaterFire, Amos House, and organizations that provide thousands of Providence residents with food, shelter, workforce training, education, and other services have in common? Poverty is seen as an individual problem, but it affects us all. Theyre all nonprofits.

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Learning That Changes Lives: Local Leader Shares Journey to Nonprofit Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

A Life-Changing Learning Experience The Certificate in Nonprofit Management at the University of Tampa immerses current and aspiring nonprofit leaders in an 18-month educational experience that many graduates describe as life-changing. “I decided to go all-in.”

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The Economic Case against Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Most recipients with significant barriers to employment—including disability, lack of education, or lack of available jobs—don’t find employment due to work requirements.

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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

The Kindful Blog

Mission: Boulanger Initiative’s mission is to promote music composed by womxn through performance, education, and commissions. Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income. Impacting: Poverty. Impacting: Music education.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S. There are many challenges that inner-city communities in the United States face when it comes to education.