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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

Theyre also vital for preventionby providing detailed, real-time information to their users, CGMs serve as educational tools for patients about managing and mitigating their disease in the long-term. While these uses of CGMs may have merit, this trend has transformed their reputation from critical medical devices into lifestyle gadgets.

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How to Move Guaranteed Income from Program to Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

For the first five years, Springboard operated programs for education reentry, workforce development, and afterschool programs, but our families told us they didn’t need another program. There have been gains at the state level , but getting enough support to move federal policy across the finish line remains a challenge.

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Whose Capital? Our Capital! The Power of Workers’ Pensions for the Common Good

NonProfit Quarterly

Or consider if the retirement money of our prestigious public universities and their medical centers, where cleaners, cafeteria staff, and medical assistants care for students and patients, was invested in one of the largest corporate landlords in the country, and this landlord doubled their rent or evicted their families.

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education. Some women offered specific recommendations for supportive services, such as talks on sexual education and violence prevention for young people. The pandemic increased caregiving demands among women, underscoring gender inequity.

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Why the Social Sector Needs an Impact Registry

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Medical data registries have set the standard. That means using standardized language for the key concepts, even if those concepts are more complex in nature—like DNA, carbon emissions, or medical intervention. education, criminal justice, public health, etc.).

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Corporate Power That Benefits All of Us

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Moreover, without huge equity-focused public and private investment in opportunity-rich communities, education, and sustainability, companies will struggle to hire the talent they need and stay relevant to a far more diverse customer base. Of course, meeting the needs of workers goes beyond wages.

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Why Voting Rights Should Matter to Nonprofits

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

We should be providing the communities we serve access to, education about , and motivation for voting. Fair voting rights mean our clients have access to making decisions for themselves medically, financially, and personally. You can’t do public policy work in a silo. Join Momentum’s Public Policy Action Network.