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How Global Talent Enriches a Global Health Organization

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Vital Strategies, the New York-based public health nonprofit I’ve led for the past two decades, employs nearly 400 people in 16 countries. At Vital Strategies, we consider our global diversity to be our strength, and a powerful asset in our mission to reimagine public health for everyone.

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Setting a Co-op Table for Food Justice in Louisville

NonProfit Quarterly

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

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Newsletter: Nonprofit Puts Partnership Case Studies to Good Use ? ; Bad & Tasteless Cause Marketing on 9/11 ; Nonprofit Storytelling Advice from the Creators of South Park ??

Selfish Giving

I recently finished writing a bunch of case studies for Penn State Health Children’s Hospital , a member of Children’s Miracle Network. I was happy how they came out, but what I was really impressed with is how the team at Penn State Health used them. Nice work, Penn State Health! ?? ?? Brain Food 1. Check it out here.

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Newsletter: How to Recruit Sponsors for Virtual Events ; United Way, Cottonelle Partner for #ShareASquare ; Adopt a Dog, Get Three Months of Free Beer

Selfish Giving

Reader Amanda Ponzar of Health Charities sent along this note on a creative activation during the pandemic: "We just launched a year-long cause marketing partnership with Pie Five Pizza in early March -- and then coronavirus and quarantines hit. Brain Food 1. What should your nonprofit be doing right now? Do your job. ??

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Who’s Behind Arby’s $2M Gift to ‘No Hungry Kid,’ Santa or The Grinch?

Selfish Giving

The Arby’s Foundation , the giving arm of Arby’s Restaurant Group , the second largest sandwich shop chain in the United States, did something last week that rivals the good deeds of Santa Claus himself. The Arby’s Foundation rounded it up to $2 million with a $300,000 gift. million to be exact. .

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely building a supportive foundation from diverse, innovative ideas: the creation of strong advisory committees. What are advisory committees?