NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Clearly, what I expected to happen—bring food and people will come and eat it—was not what happened in this organization.  I called one of the Associate Executive Directors. And it was also clear that when those scouts returned with food and apparently unharmed, it nudged others to come up. And no one came. Not everyone came.

Leadership 195

Leadership Culture Food Children 195

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

Health 113

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 113

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Address “the direct needs of Black communities by focusing on issues related to poverty and economic security,” including health, financial literacy and economic wellness, food insecurity, workforce development, education and youth development (11).

Nonprofits 109

Nonprofits Leadership Poverty Social Policy 109

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

Earlier this year, I had to chance to talk with Quart about her new book, her description of contemporary US social policy as having created a “dystopian social safety net,” and her thoughts about how to build a US society that is centered on mutual caring and economic justice. Interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Public and Social Policy 88

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism 88

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This erasure of Black women from social policy built on a single-axis framework is especially true with respect to housing. Management would use cameras to surveil tenants and see whether their overnight guests stayed “too often,” resulting in a lease violation. Image Credit: Angelina Sorokin.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Homelessness 95

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Let’s say you manage to save money, and you put it in your 401(k) because you don’t have state-provided security in old age. The whole New Deal program—including the rights to employment, housing, food, and education, and other necessities—was framed using the word “security.” Maybe you’re an entrepreneur with a small business.

Manufacturing 142

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Poverty 142