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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: dole777 on unsplash After more than a decade of dominating the social media landscape, Big Tech platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are in flux. Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation.

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Creating partnerships: Closing the gender pay gap by challenging the status quo together 

Candid

Three key factors include a lack of strong work-family policies, occupational segregation, and gender discrimination. Furthermore, gender- and race-based biases continue to shape how many view women’s roles and relegate women to lower pay and less financial security. There are many interconnected forces driving these disparities.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

Innovators, company founders, and other tech enthusiasts have long tried to sell the public on the idea that AI will create a path to a brighter future. The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Bloomerang

The mission of RBC Foundation – USA is to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business by supporting nonprofit organizations that make a positive difference and promote diversity. Areas served: US. RBC Foundation – USA. Areas served: US. Autism Speaks. See their specific funding opportunity for Toledo, Ohio.

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The Pitfalls of Personal Judgment

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Logan McDonnell As a nonprofit professional with over a decade of experience working in homelessness programs and currently working in homelessness prevention, I’ve often heard coworkers describe how a person in one of these programs reminded them of a close relative or friend. Invest in bias training for staff.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole.

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Housing and Health: Creating Solutions With Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Decades of discriminatory housing, transportation, and land-use policy combined with economic disinvestment have resulted in communities that are residentially segregated by income, race, ethnicity, language, and immigration status. Learning About Community Power.

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