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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

What isn’t widely seen by the public is how no matter which party is in power the sector must often follow the elected around cleaning up the government’s mess like the guy at the circus who carries a shovel and follows the elephants. Just a side comment on general failings of the nonprofit sector. Where did all the fervor go?

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Sharing Meals

Stanford Social Innovation Review

One path leads to this arable land being sold to a developer and turned into a small strip mall. First and foremost, food systems leadership offers opportunities for new relationships, connecting groups as diverse as farmers, emergency food providers, food waste management companies, and environmental justice advocates.

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Three Whys, Three Times (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Business Foundations Government Nonprofits & NGOs Social Enterprise Solutions Advocacy, Funding, Leadership, etc.

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The Past and Future of Black Co-ops: A Conversation with Jessica Gordon Nembhard

NonProfit Quarterly

Jessica Gordon Nembhard : In the late 1990s, I got very interested in cooperative business development as a community economic development strategy, especially for subaltern populations like African Americans. SD: You talk about historical waves of Black co-op development in the United States.

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REI Workers Look to Shake up Co-op’s Board Amid Push for a First Contract

NonProfit Quarterly

This year, the REI Union is backing the campaigns of two nonprofit leaders as candidates Shemona Moreno , executive director of 350 Seattle , and Tefere Gebre , chief program officer at Greenpeace USA in hopes of installing pro-worker voices at the highest levels of the company. The company also denies stalling in negotiations.

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What Does Centering Native Justice Require? A New Report Has Answers

NonProfit Quarterly

Legal justice, environmental justice, racial and social justice. Michael Roberts (Tlingit), First Nations Development Institute What does justice mean in Native American communities? Those are two of the big questions asked in a new report from the First Nations Development Institute (First Nations). Our voices are invisible.

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Cancer Research in the US Is World Class Because of Its Broad Base of Funding—with the Government Pulling Out, Its Future Is Uncertain

NonProfit Quarterly

In the past five years, the Food and Drug Administration has approved over 100 new cancer drugs , and the United States has brought more cancer drugs to the global market than any other nation. The second Trump administration has cut or canceled many NIH grants. In 2022, the Biden administration worked to relaunch the Cancer Moonshot.