Each week we try to bring you a collection of links that highlight political news that impact nonprofits, helpful links for nonprofit professionals, the importance of sharing stories, and something positive to end your week.
Helpful Nonprofit Links
- This video from Digital Impact features a discussion with Lucy Bernholz, Kelly Church, Natasha Duarte, and Zara Rahman on responsible data practice, power, and the role of data and ethics in the tech for social good space.
- Sarah DiJulio from M+R dives into the question does brand awareness impact online fundraising?
- Michael Bernick from Forbes looks at the Wikimedia Foundation and how they plan to grow and evolve.
- Erin Rubin from NPQ digs into a story about how the animal rights community is unsure of the intentions and impact of a horse rescue organization.
Political News
- Cyndi Suarez from NPQ highlights how the different responses to the Black Lives Matter and #NeverAgain movements is troubling.
- Virginia A. Rauh writes an article in the New England Journal of Medicine about how the EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt decided to ignore the recommendation of agency scientists to ban all commercial use of chlorpyrifos and how this will impact children.
- A leaked EPA memo shows that the agency is asking employees to downplay the impact that humans have on climate change. Alexander C. Kaufman from HuffPost shares the details.
- Meanwhile, at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, officials are scaling back federal efforts to enforce fair housing laws, freezing enforcement actions against local governments and businesses, and slowing down officials who have pursued civil rights cases. Glenn Thrush from the New York Times details accounts from interviews with over 20 officials.
- This story is a few weeks old but is very important. Anthony Abraham Jack from the New York Times discusses food insecurity for students on college campuses during spring break.
Sharing Stories
This week we want to share the stories and voices of those that have been impacted by gun violence.
- If you haven’t watched it yet, please watch Naomi Wadler speech at the March for Our Lives. She is a fifth-grader from Alexandria, Virginia. Fenit Nirappil from the Washington Post writes about Wadler and her speech.
- Emma Gonzalez’s speech at the March for Our Lives was personal and poignant.
- Finally, Stephon Clark’s grandmother speaks about her grandson’s death.
Something Fun
- And after a long week, take a minute to watch this 10-year-old enjoy a swing first time.
This 10-year-old boy enjoying a wheelchair swing at an Arkansas park is the most heartwarming thing you’ll see today. https://t.co/NViA6DCdbf pic.twitter.com/qLTgG5YOq7
— ABC News (@ABC) March 30, 2018