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Is Climate Change Making Loneliness Worse?

NonProfit Quarterly

We talk a lot about the emerging climate crisis, but far less about the social infrastructure crisis,” Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University, said to Grist. Those most impacted by a lack of or failing infrastructure, including the elderly and people living in poverty, are at high risk for loneliness.

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Is fundraising hurting itself?

Fundraising Coach

To which I'd answer,"Then why is there also the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy?" Most of us trying to create a profession of fundraising have borrowed from business, economics, sociology, anthropology, and neurology. So fundraising is a profession, right? You may say, "Wait!

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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s unlike any healthcare appointment you have had , and when it’s time to go , you almost don’t want to leave. We believe that when Black birthing people are centered, healthcare is transformed—and the experience of birth has the power to transform and heal individuals, families, and communities.

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Averting Disaster through Preparation: A Conversation with Rebecca Katz and Mackenzie S. Moore

NonProfit Quarterly

RK: There are areas in the healthcare field where there’s a lot of asymmetric information. MSM: It’s a complicated issue, and I think it speaks to what we were saying about how important communication and engagement is and bringing in fields like sociology and anthropology.

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[VIDEO] Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

So there are applications being developed in real estate that will use the blockchain for voting, for healthcare, for finance, which is different than just money. So, you know, lending and more esoteric derivative assets. Like there is a history in crypto that was pretty dark at the beginning.

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Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

So there are applications being developed in real estate that will use the blockchain for voting, for healthcare, for finance, which is different than just money. So, you know, lending and more esoteric derivative assets. Like there is a history in crypto that was pretty dark at the beginning.