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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Education

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Please note that Tennessee Nonprofit Network monitors all bills that impact nonprofits and the communities they serve, but we only take positions on issues impacting the entire nonprofit sector and align with our public policy agenda. Want to take action on a bill below? Find your legislators here. Did we miss any important bills?

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Building an Economic Case for Policy Changes

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Why Economics is your friend as a nonprofit advocate By Kevin Dean, President & CEO Tennessee Nonprofit Network Last year, at a conference out of town, I shared coffee with an old friend as she recounted her incredible public policy journey. But when advocating for policy changes, appealing solely to emotions might not be enough.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This issue lingers like a vestige of the conditions that followed abolition, after which the government failed to provide the kinds of education, labor, and other supports necessary to transition from a life of enslavement to one of agency, independence, and prosperity. And while unemployment plagues 11.3 Wages reflect the same disparity.

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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.

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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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Cancelling Student Debt Is Necessary for Racial Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

After a decade of organizing to move debt cancellation from the margins to the center of national policy debates, the movement to cancel student debt continues to gain ground, as NPQ’s Rithika Ramamurthy documented earlier this year. Education is promised as a path out of poverty—but it’s also a means of extraction under racial capitalism.

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Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Is Pleased To Announce Recipients for 2nd Annual Heart of Sonoma County™ Awards

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The 2021 Heart of Sonoma County Awards Were Presented To: Corporate Community Service, Sponsored by CVNL.Anesthesia & Analgesia Medical Group, Inc. Project Coyote is a national organization whose mission is to promote compassionate conservation and coexistence between humans and wildlife through education, science, and advocacy.