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AI and Racial Justice: Navigating the Dual Impact on Marginalized Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Take facial recognition technology , for instance. Developed using data that rarely represent humans full diversity, this technology struggles to accurately identify Black and Brown faces. Here, nonprofit leaders can be the bridge, ensuring that technology amplifies marginalized voices and fosters innovation that truly serves.

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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

We nonprofit workers focus our attention on families who have trouble affording safe housing, enough food, quality child care and health care, reliable transportation, and technology. We know how hard it is for many people to make ends meet, even when they work hard every day.

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Commentary: The Full Potential Of The Social Sector  

The NonProfit Times

What if those funders stipulated that they could not spend a penny covering their overhead costs or investing in technology or talent? 22% of those workers are living below or just above the poverty line. Now imagine if they had been constrained by funding streams that stipulate how, when and where to spend money.

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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

The Rise of CGMs as a Technological Phenomenon Unlike traditional blood glucose meters, which require manually extracting blood multiple times daily, CGMs seamlessly and continuously monitor glucose levels. For many people with diabetes, particularly those living below the poverty line, the cost of CGMs makes them unattainable.

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The Digital Divide and Climate Disasters

NonProfit Quarterly

Internet Poverty A 2019 report from the US Department of Health and Human Services noted that over one in six people living in poverty had no access to the internet. Globally, Africa struggles the most with internet poverty , with 524 million people unconnected to the online world, according to a Brookings Institute study.

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The Hard Problems: A Resilient Civil Society To Face What’s Next

The NonProfit Times

(Photo By Deposit Photos) By Marnie Webb From the frontlines of disaster relief to the forefront of technological innovation, civil society organizations are navigating a rapidly changing landscape. All of this is further compounded by the simultaneous threat and opportunity of changing technology.

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Bolstering collaboration to protect legal aid amid new challenges 

Candid

residents living at or below the federal poverty threshold, there are only 2.8 We recently recruited three justice worker Fellows to support the Economic Justice Initiative in Texas, which combines direct representation, new service delivery models, and technological solutions to help close legal service gaps for immigrants.