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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. The SABSA healthcare cooperative is one of over 11,000 enterprises in the province of Quebec’s distinctive social economy. “We

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Return to Office: What’s Happening in the Nonprofit Sector and Why?

NonProfit Quarterly

Tima Miroshnichenko, Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels , public domain. The fact of the matter is that work-from-home policies helped traditionally excluded groups (some of which were almost entirely shut out of the workforce prior to the pandemic) better access job opportunities. Reversing that erases many of those gains.

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Why Reparations Can Counter the Legacy of a 50-Year “War on Drugs”

NonProfit Quarterly

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series will examine the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice. Of course, the drug war is not the only reason why reparations are required.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

It calls for AI that is designed explicitly to dismantle systemic inequities and address the social ills caused by historical and present-day injustices. For those impacted by AIcommunities, workers, everyday peoplesuch policies serve as essential protective barriers. Workers deserve to benefit from the productivity gains AI offers.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. 61 The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and the Center for Democracy & Technology are already addressing algorithmic inequalities with public education, research, and regulatory advocacy. 10 Only 35.1 19 Scientific racism is still rife in the United States.

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The Transformative Potential of Sabbaticals: What Field Research Reveals

NonProfit Quarterly

Termed שמיטה ( shmita , literally “release”) in the Torah, Jewish law mandated that every seven years, all agricultural activity cease: “The land must be given a rest period, a sabbath to God” (Leviticus 25: 1–7). Proliferation, however, has not meant standardization, and policies vary widely. Today, sabbaticals have spread broadly.

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Why you may need to reframe the donor’s hero story

iMarketSmart

It is at one extreme of the ego-social axis. The hero story can be made acceptable for a low-ego, high-social orientation. He is often a public figure. For those on the ego side of the ego-social axis, this is great.[1] 1] Such public recognition is welcome. It feels more social. It feels more social.