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INK-nitiative: The Social Impact of Tattoo Removal

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Alan Mazzocco , iStock We often think of the nonprofit sector as the main origin of charitable activities, but the for-profit corporate space can also be a significant source of philanthropic and social action. The for-profit corporate space can also be a significant source of philanthropic and social action.

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“How Do We Break Out of Pity?”: Reframing Children as Philanthropic Citizens

NonProfit Quarterly

In such cases, there is understandably less space to focus on social action or critical debate. Pupils aged 11 and up research issues affecting their local community, identify and speak to a charity addressing their selected issue, and create a social action (such as fundraising or awareness raising) on its behalf.

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How to Fend Off Attacks on Nonprofits—Three Key Strategies

NonProfit Quarterly

Perhaps PBS leadership thought these program cuts would preserve federal funding. It will take a national groundswell of community-based social action to build a multiracial democracy. Making yourself small is rarely a strong long-term strategy. Notably, Columbias spinelessness led directly to the federal attacks on Harvard.)

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Why Are Nonprofits Experiencing An Insurance Crisis? And What Can the Nonprofit Sector Do About it?

Blue Avocado

If NIA could provide coverage for the first two million dollars in limits without significant reliance on reinsurance, it would allow nonprofits themselves to determine which risks are acceptable, without any of the political or social action concerns that cause large public corporations to shy away from this business.

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Leadership Development Beyond Projects

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Elikem Tomety Archer & Jessica Harrington In 2017, as part of her participation in the youth leadership program Global Citizen Year , Dora—an 18-year-old from Huntington Beach, California—spent seven months in Thiadiaye, Senegal. Leadership program projects are not typically designed with the long term in mind.

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Five tectonic technology shifts changing our world, our work and our potential

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

The title of this post is the name of a speech I gave yesterday in Charlotte for the Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Leadership Program. The social action shift. The idea: Technology has made it easy for people to take small, easy actions in support of a cause. Thanks to everyone who was there live!

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Launching A Movement: Hope Holds Power To Enact Change

Fundraising Leadership

stories #leadership #createchange #history — Rebecca Solnit A 2024 University of Chicago study examines the impact of stories on social movements. Stories can inspire and propel peoples individual and collective action to unite social movements. Stories matter always. Stories matter always.