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The Origin of the Social Enterprise
Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 19, 2022By the 20th century, the deepening of the economic division of labor resulted in an increase in frequency of transactions and complexity of cooperative relationships. Dealing with the modern world’s…
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Investing in Black Migrants Starts With Community
Nonprofit Quarterly Jun 19, 2022Black migrants—asylum-seekers, refugees, and immigrants—are often neglected in funding conversations about immigrant justice. The Black Migrant Power Fund (BMPF) is a new community-led fund that aims to change this by connecting Black,…
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Pandemic-era Shifts to Digital Programming Among Arts and Cultural Organizations
Media Impact Funders Jun 18, 2022Media Impact Funders and Grantmakers in the Arts hosted a panel discussion celebrating the release of a new report commissioned by the Wyncote Foundation looking at pandemic-era shifts to digital programming among arts and cultural organizations.…
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The Environmental Harms of Prisons Put Incarcerated Individuals at Risk
Prison Policy Initiative Jun 18, 2022No one is spared from reckoning with human-induced environmental change, like pollution from industrial emitters and increasingly severe natural disasters. Yet in correctional facilities, incarcerated people have no agency over…
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Policies to Help Older Adults to Re-enter the Workforce
Urban Institute Jun 17, 2022Much of the debate over the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the unemployment rate, but that focus understates the pandemic’s impact on the labor market. Although millions of workers have…
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Why You Need to Think About Climate Action Now
YES! Magazine Jun 16, 2022What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done? It might have been something reckless or impulsive, adventurous, or just plain stupid. Here’s mine: I joined a group that works on creating…
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National Alliance to End Homelessness Jun 15, 2022The U.S. Department of Treasury awarded states and localities $46.5B in Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) to help people avoid eviction and homelessness. ERA funds can cover rental payments, move-in expenses,…
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Leveraging a Co-governance Approach to Rebuild Democratic Institutions
Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 15, 2022The last year has spotlighted the frailty of many US institutions, as well as Americans’ lack of trust in them. The COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, voter suppression, and other issues…
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Transgender Law Center Jun 14, 2022Recent data show that only four cents of every $100 dollars of foundation funding goes to trans organizations and causes. Only four cents. This historic disinvestment in our communities comes…
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How Art Can Reduce Cancer Patient Anxiety
Futurity Jun 14, 2022In a new study, anxiety was significantly lower among cancer patients who viewed art at their bedside. The daughter of an artist and former fashion designer, Emily Gore, a fourth-year…
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How Rural Community Newspapers Can Become Lucrative
The Rural Blog Jun 13, 2022At the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, journalism educator and researcher Clay Carey of Samford University said one way journalists in academia can help the news business is case studies…
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