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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women.

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To Save Legal Aid, Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness

NonProfit Quarterly

During my first three years practicing law, I worked multiple jobs so that I could afford housing, healthcare, food, and student loan payments. Everything changed when I landed a government position. Although the federal government’s loan forgiveness program is race neutral by design, it also advances racial equity.

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Beyond Identity Funding: Rethinking Social Justice Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

Throughout its history, social justice philanthropy has generally remained organized around siloed identities, such as gender, race, and sexual orientation. Throughout its history, social justice philanthropy has generally remained organized around siloed identities, such as gender, race, and sexual orientation.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

11 Nor are the economic data any more encouraging when one measures inequality by race. This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. 14 The story involves many different economic and political factors.

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Changing the Health System: A Community-Led Approach Rises in Rhode Island

NonProfit Quarterly

A few years later, I worked as a minority health coordinator, focusing on racial and ethnic minority populations in Rhode Island—on people like me, who come here with dreams and hopes to do better but often find themselves without the resources or opportunities they need. Voice , because government has an obligation to listen to residents.

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Achieving Health Equity: Shared Stewardship and the Vital Conditions Framework

NonProfit Quarterly

The ELTRR is referenced in a recent publication by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity , as a critical federal strategy. The program is now being expanded statewide. Housing insecurity, of course, leads to higher morbidity and mortality.

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Redesigning the Birth Experience of Native Parents: A Case Study of Community Codesign

NonProfit Quarterly

Rather, it shifts into a different sort of navigation: the too-common experience of being a Native person in a healthcare system that is mostly unaware of the historical trauma and cultural traditions that infuse the birth experience of Native people. These included: Changing California state law.

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