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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

The water crisis in Jackson is also part of a larger set of interconnected injustices that reveal the complexity of environmental racism. In that same year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found the city had at least 2,300 unauthorized sanitary sewer overflows in the previous five years.

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Learning That Changes Lives: Local Leader Shares Journey to Nonprofit Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

when she thinks about the Certificate in Nonprofit Management graduate program at the University of Tampa. It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change (or Be the Change) “I took a very untraditional path to get into the nonprofit sector,” Erin says. I felt like I was being called into the nonprofit sector.” Empowering.

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Pollution Has a Class Problem in Thailand and Beyond

NonProfit Quarterly

Often, the homes of lower-income individuals and families aren’t insulated, providing no protection from pollution, noted Somporn Chantara, an associate professor in environmental science at Chiang Mai University. Those living in poverty, near highways or dump sites, or without access to clean cooking options are also at higher risk.

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The State of Mental Health Support in Climate Emergencies

NonProfit Quarterly

In its brief, the WHO traced the impact of prolonged droughts, which “ significantly disrupt agricultural production and lead to loss of livelihood, leaving many communities in poverty, a factor clearly linked with many common mental disorders.”

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What Does Tribal Land Stewardship Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Editors’ note: This article is from the fall 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “The Face of Climate Change,” and was first published on May 1, 2022. Indeed, the principles of resource stewardship long championed in many Native American communities are critical to restoring environmental balance. Cargill Philanthropies.

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Public Dollars for Public Good

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” Philanthropy has had a complicated relationship with the government. We should heed a few lessons from this past work.

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Over the past 30 years, it has made substantial improvements in the living conditions and social status of people with disabilities due to rapid economic growth, administrative and legislative actions, and the dedicated efforts of nonprofit organizations that champion the disability community.