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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination

NonProfit Quarterly

Theatre of the Oppressed (TO), a tool for artistic activism originating in Brazil and now practiced around the world, is one creative and timely strategy for political and social action. Today, TONYC is one of many nonprofits seeking to develop robust, inclusive democracy in their organizational structures and governance.

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How to Fend Off Attacks on Nonprofits—Three Key Strategies

NonProfit Quarterly

Gottliebs article cited the example of PBS, which shut down its DEI office last February before the federal government had asked it to do so. It will take a national groundswell of community-based social action to build a multiracial democracy. Making yourself small is rarely a strong long-term strategy.

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Why Are Nonprofits Experiencing An Insurance Crisis? And What Can the Nonprofit Sector Do About it?

Blue Avocado

If NIA could provide coverage for the first two million dollars in limits without significant reliance on reinsurance, it would allow nonprofits themselves to determine which risks are acceptable, without any of the political or social action concerns that cause large public corporations to shy away from this business.

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Launching A Movement: Hope Holds Power To Enact Change

Fundraising Leadership

Our framework identifies the psychological mechanisms that encourage and motivate people, both individually and collectively, to take climate action, thereby contributing to our understanding of how to advance social action and propel a social movement.

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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

They imagined creating clubs that would integrate community and social action with learning about economic democracy. They mentioned creating school entrepreneurship spaces to encourage students to learn about cooperatives and develop their own school-based cooperatives.

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Webinar: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

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How Enhancing a Donor’s Moral Identity Can Advance their Donor Hero Story

iMarketSmart

More precisely, it’s a pro-social code.[3] 3] Pro-social actions benefit the group. It can support a shared pro-social code.[4] Thus, costly punishment can be a form of pro-social action.[5] 3] “Morality refers to a code of conduct that individuals and groups adopt as normative to govern themselves.…