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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely building a supportive foundation from diverse, innovative ideas: the creation of strong advisory committees. Time Commitment—How often will the committee meet?

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s about shrinking the state—or its social programs, at least rhetorically. They argue that the country faces a crisis in capitalism, one that politics rooted in more generous social programs and greater market regulation could correct. From 1933 and 1945, union membership in the United States quintupled from three to 15 million.

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Teachers Unions Take on Climate Change

NonProfit Quarterly

The Green New Deal for K-12 Public Schools outlines such a vision for a green, just education system, with recommendations for school-based policy and programs and federal investment in climate resiliency and decarbonization. With each degree of warming, the urgency of enacting this vision grows.

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The Colors Co-op Experiment: Learning the Right Lessons from Our Failure

NonProfit Quarterly

Founders’ hopes and aspirations varied: launch a vibrant fine-dining restaurant, promote workplace democracy, demonstrate a successful high road model, provide a space for fundraising events, host restaurant worker trainings, and support ROC programs. Creating a safe space for allies strengthened coalition-building and networking efforts.

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Low Risk Approach to High Reward Discovery

The Agitator

By then, German advances in jets had thoroughly overtaken anything the allies could put in the sky. The same needs to be true for your nonprofit communications and donor journeys – you need ways to explore a variety of ideas without crashing your program. Catholic Relief Services: the prototype program.

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Inclusive Conversations: Are Your Communications Making FRIENDS or FOES with People of Color?

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Many fundraisers do not attempt to raise money from communities of color – even if they may spend much of their time serving such communities through their programs.”. Strategies include training programs on communications and cultural differences, multilingual brochures and signage, and partnerships with multicultural media sources.

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Don't Freak Out! Surviving and Thriving When a Crisis Strikes

Care2

Eric Glader, Director of Nonprofit Services, Care2 Eric has been with Care2 since 2001 helping nonprofits with advocacy, fundraising and membership growth. Eric is a graduate from UCLA’s undergraduate program and Vanderbilt University’s MBA program. ?. When: August 31 at 2PM ET.