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Making Participatory Budgeting Work: The Equity Imperative
Nonprofit Quarterly
In participatory budgeting, community members decide together how public funds are allocated and spent in their communities. This article talks through the processes, challenges, and opportunities of PB.
Last updated: April 26, 2024
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Disrupting Harm in Dance
Whistle While You Work
Disrupting Harm in Dance is a curriculum as much about reimagining the future as it is about the practices and tools that can be implemented immediately by anyone or any institution. This is an online self-directed course offering information and tools for dancers, performers, and adjacent professionals to work more safely together.
Uploaded: January 10, 2024
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The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Paid on Time
Freelancers Union
Covers strategies including creating a contract, practicing prompt invoicing, pressuring clients to pay, filing a complaint, and taking legal action to ensure payment.
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Why the Arts Matter State Factsheets
Americans for the Arts – Arts Action Fund
Every year, the Arts Action Fund creates detailed data and narrative driven state factsheets that help tell the story of “Why the Arts Matter” in each state. These factsheets can be used as both an educational and advocacy tool, empowering arts advocates with a stronger case for the arts that they can bring to their political representatives at the state and local level.
Uploaded: May 3, 2024
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Find a Health Center
Health Resources & Services Administration
This comprehensive database of federally-funded health centers, located in most cities and many rural areas, identifies nearby clinics and provides contact information, links when available, and directions. These centers provide care for everyone, including those with no health insurance. Patients pay what they can afford, based on income.
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Learn About PACBI
Writers Against the War on Gaza
An educational resource and FAQs on the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
Last updated: April 26, 2024
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Joined by speaker David Levitt, Principal at Adler & Colvin, throughout this webinar we discussed what is considered to be nonpartisan, what activities are acceptable, and provided further IRS guidance on tax-exempt voter engagement.
Last updated: April 26, 2024
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Questions to Ask Before Joining a Board
BoardSource
Due diligence FAQs to consider before joining a nonprofit Board.
Uploaded: March 24, 2022
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The Good Foot Podcast
The Good Foot Podcast
The Good Foot Podcast is an educational platform for individuals motivated by the artists who pave their path through the street dance community. It serves as a hub for honest conversation about the diverse perspectives on the origins, dissemination, current state, and future of the culture.
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Know Your Rights Guide: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Equal Rights Advocates
The purpose of this guide is to help you understand your rights and options if you have experienced sexual harassment or sexual assault at work.
Uploaded: September 1, 2023
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NDEO’s Online Forums
National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
NDEO’s Online Forums provide space to build community and promote networking of dance artists, educators and administrators working within similar interest areas in order to questions, seek advice, share knowledge, and network. There are a range of forums available for active discussions; some are visible for free to the public (no membership required) and others are visible only to current NDEO Members (paid membership required).
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Information for Workers on Paid Safe and Sick Leave
NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
An overview of NYC’s Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law. It includes channels to file a complaint or ask a question.
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