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Homeless, Then Shot by Federal Police

NonProfit Quarterly

Before they were living in two campers on federal public land, the Roberts family shared an apartment in Emmett, ID, where Judy Roberts worked in a factory. Years of reporting has documented the rise of families living on public land. Bad Public Policy “[Criminalization] is bad public policy.”

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

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Advisory committees let your nonprofit work with others who want to see you succeed. As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. For more on the role of advocacy in nonprofits, check out this article. ︎

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Thirty people attended, including managers and members of an academic gender committee we were on. The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education.

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Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Is Pleased To Announce Recipients for 2nd Annual Heart of Sonoma County™ Awards

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$35,000 in Awards Distributed to Recognize and Support Nonprofit, Volunteer, and Community Leadership. SONOMA COUNTY, CA, June 15, 2022 – Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2nd Annual Heart of Sonoma County Awards.

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Cancelling Student Debt Is Necessary for Racial Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

As a result of decades of state disinvestment from public education, deregulation of the lending industry, and financialization, student debt has ballooned. Black women struggle to manage repayment. The Problem of Student Loan Debt. The US’ $1.74 trillion in student debt is nearly 8.5 times what it was in 2000.

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The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

NonProfit Quarterly

Leaders moving work through nonprofit organizations are also contending with the “great resignation” and major shifts in the workforce; 3 unprocessed grief from the pandemic and years of escalating racial violence; and short-lived performative responses by philanthropy to the events of 2020.