Shifting policy to boost the BIPOC agricultural sector, the continuing need for fundraisers of color, and three stories of making the wrong ask.

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6 Steps for Nonprofits to Be Effective Advocates of Community-Supporting Policy ([link removed])
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This article comes from the winter 2020 edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly.

History has proven that, in the absence of grassroots advocacy, policy can have significant, long-lasting destructive effects, especially on marginalized, disenfranchised communities. Nonprofits are well positioned to offer solutions and policies that address the spectrum of challenges our society faces—and in the current environment, it is imperative that nonprofits engage in policy advocacy, and that funders support them to do so.

While some may think advocacy simply means politics and protest, it encompasses a far broader variety of actions that nonprofits and funders can incorporate into their work.


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Grassroots fundraising maven Kim Klein reintroduces us to the wrong and right ways to make “the ask.” This article, first printed in the Grassroots Fundraising Journal in December 2000, was updated and published online by the Nonprofit Quarterly on May 5, 2020, and shared last week with minor edits.
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Advocates Call for Shift in US Agriculture Policy to Benefit Black Farmers ([link removed])

Changing policy at the USDA is not easy, but Black, Indigenous, and people of color advocates are helping to shift the terms of farm policy debate.
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Why People of Color (Still) Need to be Good Fundraisers ([link removed])

Racial equity in fundraising requires a shift in thinking about who asks for money, who we ask for money from, and why we raise money for social change, instead of social services.

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