Social activists thinking about retirement? Unheard of! Small nonprofits offering pension plans? Crazy! Yet that’s what the National Organizers Alliance has made possible—Hanna shares how.
Managing Financial Uncertainty
The same principles that apply in normal times come to the fore during crises: don’t panic, but do plan.
Deciding Between New and Used Technology
If your budget doesn’t allow for new computer purchases, you need to think through the costs and benefits of buying or accepting used computers.
Building Communities, Defeating Fear: Organizing for Immigrant Rights After September 11
Cho reports on what immigrant communities are doing to combat racism, hate crimes, job discrimination, resource inadequacy, and unjust incarceration—long-standing concerns for all people of color and low-income families.
The Destruction of Dissent: First Amendment Rights in the Post-September 11 Period
Notes from the frontlines of protest: the atmosphere of intolerance for dissent has palpably intensified as demonstrators face bureaucratic obstacles, ramped-up charges, intimidation, and the use of force.
Anti-Terrorism Law Could Impact Nonprofits
Learn what the new USA PATRIOT Act could mean for your nonprofit.
Will the Real Nonprofit Sector Please Stand Up
Even before the smoke had cleared at Ground Zero, charities were being raked over the coals for “mismanagement” of donations—the real mistake, according to the author, was failing to stand up to the media’s attacks with confidence and vision.
A Native Heritage for Our Common Future
Native spirituality holds lessons for our globalizing, increasingly frightened future—we must hold sacred our mutual obligations.
Reflecting upon the Charitable Response of September 11: We’ve Just Begun
Cohen scans the horizon—generosity of donors, fundraising miscommunication, distribution of funds, disaster preparedness, and regulation—and offers some lessons learned.
Youth Leadership Development: A Space, a Voice and Some Power
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative epitomizes what’s possible when youth have leadership opportunities-a home-grown executive director at age 28.
Welcome | Winter 2001
Why did we decide to produce an issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, which is meant to address the entirety of the sector, on the subject of youth development? Our reason is simple. We see it as a topic that cuts across the boundaries of fields of practice and geography impacting such core concerns as the
Youth Development and the Third Sector
Elaine Johnson of National Training Institute for Community Youth Work reflects upon the challenges and prospects of infusing the entire sector with youth development principles.