Last week, NPQ hosted a conversation with our Senior Editor Cyndi Suarez about how we, as social change agents, can better use our power at various levels of interaction—in movements, in organizations, and in our personal lives.
Placemaking in the Aftermath of a Police Shooting: The Naming Argument in Fruitvale
Places serve as natural vehicles for memorialization; psychologists hypothesize that we lock in memories of significant events by linking them to a location, and that integrating many stimuli together helps us remember.
Water: Another Casual Environmental Violation in Harvard’s Investment Portfolio
Harvard University’s endowment manager, Harvard Management Co., is buying up arable land with water reserves in drought-stricken California. What does this mean for the distribution of resources?
Minneapolis Seeks to Integrate Housing by Eliminating Single-Family Zoning
This month, Minneapolis became the first major US city to abolish R-1 (single-family home) zoning. By doing so, the city hopes to increase housing affordability while also reducing residential segregation.
Leadership in the Wake of Tragedy
For the leadership of the Broward County School System, tragedy struck last February when a former student went on a lethal shooting rampage in one of their schools. At that moment, the job and the life of the district’s superintendent, Robert Runcie, was forever changed.
The (Failing) NRA and the Now-Convicted Russian Spy
Has the NRA finally gotten too ambitious for its own—and definitely the country’s—good?
A Standing Fund for Colorado Tragedy: What Does It Mean?
Colorado’s attorney general is part of a group founding a central fund that will be available to receive donations in the wake of additional tragedies in that state.
Boy Scouts Latest Nonprofit to Consider Bankruptcy Filing amid Abuse Suits
A playbook seems to be emerging for managing one’s mega-nonprofit after charges of multiple instances of sexual abuse. BSA’s statement sounds eerily familiar to that of USAG’s when it filed for bankruptcy earlier this month.
Why Nonprofits Need to Center Human Rights in Our Work
Human rights have been overlooked by our sector as an important anchor for our work. It’s a strong attractor, but we don’t use it.
…And Justice for All: A $1M Donation for Community Colleges—For a Change
To the names of such education philanthropists as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos, we can now add the heavy metal band Metallica. Armed with at most a limited theory of change, they may have succeeded in sending their dollars to where they are actually needed most.
Guerrilla Art Exhibition at Whitney Calls for Removal of Vice Chairman
Two small paintings and a demand to oust the vice chair of the board popped up on an exhibition wall in the museum, and then the staff sent a letter. This has turned into a stakeholder revolt at the museum.
Indian Child Welfare Act Intact—For Now
In 1978, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act, which banned the previously common practice of public officials forcibly taking Native American children from their families and placing them in non-Native families and institutions. A new court ruling keeps these protections in place for the moment, but the law remains at risk.