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[ENHANCEMENT] Additional User Permissions

Bloomerang

Cody holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Rhetoric from Wabash College. He also holds a Juris Doctor degree with a concentration in Health Law from Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis. He's been a valued member of Bloomerang since the doors opened in 2012.

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How to Confront the Affordability Crisis: Use the Ballot to Raise Wages

NonProfit Quarterly

The federal minimum wage level is absurdly inadequate, but a silver lining is that cities and states can set higher wages than the floor established by federal law. Of course, a full minimum wage with tips on top would reduce workers’ dependence on tips and, therefore, reduce these racial inequities.

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Getting to Know Our Consultants: Christy Gilmour

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

on Capitol Hill, and working for a law firm in their lobbying group. I decided to return home to Chicago, where I worked for a city/county health initiative promoting community health, worked with the YMCA Metro Chicago, where I oversaw strategic planning, and then worked in patient and orthopedic advocacy for a specialty medical association.

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

And then if you’re getting into a debate, you know, these techniques that I’m going to talk about today can range from any form from your nonprofit to your religious organization, to your mom’s group, to your friend group, and even to a debate, political science. . The next is contributing something of value.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

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. The Politics of Movements How have movements responded to the causes and effects of skyrocketing inequality? 6 (July 1991): 1241–99. Sniderman et al.,

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Get to Know Our New Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, Sherry Rout!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Sherry has been a presenter at national and state conferences on a wide range of government relations topics, a guest lecturer on effective advocacy at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, and spent many years as a guest lecturer on animal law and lobbying at the University of Tennessee’s Schools of Law and Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville, TN.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Simply put, social change requires social collaboration.