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Rising To The Top: Founder, CEO on Supporting All WOC To Succeed

Fundraising Leadership

After two years she transferred to the University of Florida, graduating in 1999 with degrees in political science and business, and the intention of going to law school. million workers, including many healthcare workers. It was not for a visit, but to begin classes. And she went alone. And it was clear it was time to do that.

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Reconnecting Economics Education with Today’s Global Realities

NonProfit Quarterly

Nor was there any reference to the rising cost of living or the expanding economic disparities in access to healthcare, education, and housing. Like many others who challenge neoliberalism , Ostrom found academic success in the United States outside of economics—in her case, in political science.

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What Does It Mean to Dismantle Racial Capitalism Anyway?

NonProfit Quarterly

All of our children are well fed, and everyone has dental, medical, and mental healthcare. Robinson, a professor of political science and Black studies. To us, this looks like improved access to healthcare, housing, and education. All of our communities have fresh, potable water, and our lakes and rivers aren’t polluted.

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Trust Is The Best Currency: CEO, Founder Stamps Approval on Products for Parents

Fundraising Leadership

shopsmarter ” In her early years of entrepreneurship after graduating from York University in 1994 with a double degree in mass communications and political science, Vinderine, who stands just under 5 feet tall, says she endured not only gender bias, but height bias when connecting with funders and clients in person. “As

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Unlearning to Relearn: An Interview with Stephanie Bowman of Mothers Out Front

NonProfit Quarterly

So, I went to college at Hampton University and studied political science. When I found out about Mothers Out Front, I had just moved three generations of my family to Colorado, mainly because of the better air quality, lower utility costs, and healthcare. I realized that I wanted to be an organizer for life.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

This was seen as a politically smart means to avert White backlash. A 1996 political science journal article, for example, argued that policies were most likely to be effective in addressing race and economic inequality if they were targeted to benefit Black Americans but “advanced and defended on universalistic grounds.”