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Nonprofit Talent Summit Addresses Key Workforce Challenges for Tennessee Nonprofits

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Thompson is Vice President of Public Policy for the National Council of Nonprofits , the nation’s largest network of nonprofit organizations. He practiced law for 17 years specializing in labor relations, employment law, government contracting, and subsequently directed federal and state advocacy for a government relations firm.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

The technologies are scanning our faces at retail stores, airports, and schools, often without our knowledge or consent. Troublingly, facial recognition technology has also been used to surveil crowds at public demonstrations and protests.

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Nonprofit Talent Summit Addresses Key Workforce Challenges for Tennessee Nonprofits

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Thompson is Vice President of Public Policy for the National Council of Nonprofits , the nation’s largest network of nonprofit organizations. He practiced law for 17 years specializing in labor relations, employment law, government contracting, and subsequently directed federal and state advocacy for a government relations firm.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Instead of constructing a new office, manufacturing or retail site, companies can first restore existing buildings. It requires robust industrial and public policies that prioritize biodiversity conservation and address the root of the issue: excessive consumerism. These circularity principles can be applied across sectors.

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How Dollar Store Kudzu Consumes Local Economies—And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Justin Wilkens on unsplash.com In 2021, more than 40 percent of all retail stores that opened in the United States were dollar stores. Increasingly, dollar stores are driving “grocery stores and other retailers out of business” (6), according to a recent report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Quite a bit.

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Why You Should Focus Your Fundraising Efforts on Generating Gifts of Wealth (from Assets) Not on Disposable Income (from Credit Cards, Checks, or Cash)

iMarketSmart

Who owns Kim Basinger: The right of publicity’s place in the bankruptcy system. Journal of Intellectual Property Law, 13 , 179-204. Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy, 14, 169-195. [4] Visual planned giving in color: An introduction to the law & taxation of charitable gift planning.

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How to Fight Power by Building Power

NonProfit Quarterly

Planning Beyond Pragmatism PowerSwitch Action was born out of collaborations between labor unions and community organizations channeling their combined strengths to oppose real estate developers, banks, big-box retailers, and other corporate influences in local governance and economic development.