For some, the climate crisis may be an abstraction, but not for the indigenous residents of Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, who’ve lost 98 percent of their land to the sea. This article from the fall 2020 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly, is part of a series of works on the subject of environmental justice and Indigenous communities.
NPQ’s latest webinar in its Remaking the Economy series builds on this quarter’s edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly magazine, which, in partnership with the First Nations Development Institute, lifts up indigenous voices to explore environmental justice and their connection to culture, land, people, and the economy.
A group of rural advocates calls out Donald Trump for putting residents at risk by holding mass gatherings in direct violation of federal public health guidelines.
According to US census figures, 58.8 precent of Texans are people of color. Does that demographic shift portend a change in the Lone Star state’s politics?
Poll taxes were made unconstitutional by the 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964. Nonetheless, a de facto poll tax today keeps 900,000 Floridians off the voter rolls.
Take part in a timely conversation With museum thought leaders to discuss phases of re-opening, endowment management, new success metrics, and social justice. This webinar is the sixth episode in M&T Bank’s Managing Through Challenging Times series, the Gramercy Institute B2B award-winning content, featuring Doris Meister & Janet Farrell.
It is not news that nonprofits led by people of color often get less funding than white-led nonprofits. A growing number of BIPOC-led nonprofits are seeking to change that.
The idea of cutting off government aid amid a pandemic ought to be anathema. But support has been cut off, and millions of Americans are suffering as a result.
