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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination

NonProfit Quarterly

Theatre of the Oppressed (TO), a tool for artistic activism originating in Brazil and now practiced around the world, is one creative and timely strategy for political and social action. Internationally, TO and Legislative Theatre in particular are gaining momentum as people-powered tools for social action. What’s Next?

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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

It will take a national groundswell of community-based social action to build a multiracial democracy. It will take a national groundswell of community-based social action to build a multiracial democracy and push back against the forces that want to redefine and narrow the scope of democratic practice.

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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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10 Tech Tools for Cause Marketers

Selfish Giving

The current way to raise money with Facebook Likes is to have a company support a campaign for a cause that rewards “likes&# and other types of social action with a donation. It only makes sense that as cause marketers we need to explore ways to raise money and build awareness with them.

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Using Facebook Targeting to Boost Performance on Organic and Promoted Posts

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The new organic post Interest targeting feature gives you a great way to target specific groups of people with specific social actions (petitions, fundraising appeals, etc.). Enabling page mangers to target organic posts gives them a say in the targeting process.