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The Pitfalls of Personal Judgment

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Logan McDonnell As a nonprofit professional with over a decade of experience working in homelessness programs and currently working in homelessness prevention, I’ve often heard coworkers describe how a person in one of these programs reminded them of a close relative or friend.

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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. Limited access to networks Limited access to networks and social capital can make it difficult for individuals to connect with others who can help them advance in their careers and succeed in their endeavors.

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Achieving Health Equity: Shared Stewardship and the Vital Conditions Framework

NonProfit Quarterly

The vital conditions are an evolution, not a replacement, of the social determinants model that has been prevalent since the early 2000s. Urgent services include everything from urgent care clinics to food pantries and homeless shelters, or services needed following a shock like a natural disaster or pandemic. Of the area’s 1.2

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Where’s the Love: Is Your Communications Strategy LGBTQ Inclusive?

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

When people think about cultural competency, they tend to talk in terms of race, ethnicity, gender and religion. As trusted technical assistance providers, SHIFT NC staff saw their community partners struggling with inclusion, so they looked at the many ways that sex education and reproductive health care can exclude LGBT youth.