3+ day, 39+ min ago  (1185+ words) On a sunny Friday afternoon in October 2023, some 70 children filed into a cool, dark tunnel in the south of Paris to help the city rehearse for its increasingly hot future. What Paris is rehearsing could soon confront cities across the…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (521+ words) For the past year and a half, I've worked with researchers to study beliefs about reparations and to translate that research into language that advocacy groups and organizations can use to change their aims and practices. Our findings yielded a…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (262+ words) This post was republished with permission from Ujima WIRE, the blog of the Boston Ujima Project. 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our black and oppressed communities;" 8. We want an immediate end to all wars…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (998+ words) It's time for the philanthropic sector to recognize that the most innovative solutions for sustainable social change aren't being developed in foundation boardrooms. Among them, these groups have developed philanthropic practices that are more flexible, crisis-tested, community-rooted, and effective at…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (878+ words) Maati Jone Primm did not envision herself as a bookstore owner, even though Marshall's Music and Bookstore, the oldest operating Black-owned bookstore in the United States, has been in her family for decades. The bookstore, originally founded in 1938, was purchased…...

6+ day, 18+ min ago  (1204+ words) Same Same Collective is a nonprofit that provides direct mental health advice to queer youth in parts of the world where there is limited public acceptance and community support. Founded in 2021, the organization built automated chat agents onto Whats App,…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (851+ words) This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Abortion pill access by mail will continue uninterrupted as a key drug's approval for use ricochets through…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1278+ words) We at UVI, a statewide organizing network that I lead, understood that what had been taking shape in Idaho was part of a much larger nationwide strategy already underway. For nonprofit leaders and democracy practitioners, these current conditions raise an…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (858+ words) This story was copublished with The 19th, an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics, policy, and power, as well as #We The Civic: America 250, a narrative movement centering the multiracial nonprofit and civil society workers, organizations, and communities in America 250 narratives....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (703+ words) In 2009, research on wildfires and severe heatwaves, smoke-related deaths, food insecurity, and increased health problems all tied back to the warming climate. This led the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue the Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for…...