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Betting on Migration for Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.

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Nonprofit Board Give, Get or Get Off?

Affnetz

Some Nonprofit boards have a give, get, or get off policy and their Nonprofits are suffering because of it. For example, I worked with a local educational Nonprofit that served children in public housing communities. Recruit authentic voices from the community to the board of directors.

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Systems Change: Making the Aspirational Actionable

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. After all, social justice is by nature utopian. Public awareness: to change the perception of a group at a societal or cultural level.

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Philanthropy to Protect US Democracy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

One measure of that crisis is public opinion: In a national Quinnipiac University poll in August, 67 percent of adults surveyed said that US democracy was “in danger of collapse.” It should now be clear that tax-deductible philanthropy is insufficient to protect American democracy.

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Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Philanthropy would do well to follow a similar strategy. One impactful innovation in building political power has been integrated voter engagement (IVE), a strategy in which grassroots organizing groups combine their on-going, multi-year policy campaigns with cyclical, high-intensity electoral campaigns.

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Disability Justice—in the Workplace (and Beyond)

NonProfit Quarterly

Disability justice emerged as a framework in the early 2000s, as disabled queer folks and BIPOC activists reflected on and critiqued the Disability Rights Movement of the 1960s and ’70s—which focused on advocacy for legislation and policy protecting the rights of disabled people.

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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.