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"The voices of whistle-blowers must continue to be heard. And if the federal government will no longer provide them a haven, then private and nonprofit legal groups must step up to protect them in every way possible."

Exactly! It's hard to measure if it's worth it or not. I want to ensure we're reaching everyone who needs our services but supporting deranged billionaires and the hateful environments they're creating also causes harm....

Nonprofit friends - what are your thoughts on continuing to use instagram and facebook given recent events? Are you using other platforms or advertising to offset the lost audience (if Facebook or Instagram were significant to the community you serve)? Any ideas would be appreciated!

You should be able to get a lot of emergency sharing information through Nextdoor. They prioritize posts from local health and police departments, which can be helpful

The NEW Center and Washtenaw Health Initiative in Ann Arbor often post local nonprofit job openings through their email newsletters. If you haven't already looked, the Michigan Nonprofit Association's job board has a ton of great listings. I hope you find something soon!

volunteer not volun-told 👍

would result in better staff health. Plus it might help when discussing staff contributions with board members. Not saying it will work but I'm going to see if I can experiment with it! It's cool to hear how other EDs, like yourself, are trying to incorporate similar goals :) /2

That's fair! at the moment, we do that with our team and pay a higher hourly so our workers can have a competitive salary while working slightly less hours. However, inspired by mothers who worked out the monetary value for their work, I wonder if assigning monetary value to our caregiving work /1

I was thinking more along the lines of categorizing it as a work responsibility. "Due to the nature of our work, we expect candidates to set aside X amount of hours for self-care and burnout reduction."

All of the work we do to keep ourselves from burning out and ensure we continue to witness/advocate rarely gets acknowledged in a job description which means a lot of it is done on our personal time. I'm hoping things will change so we have less of a burnout issue and can keep doing the work :)

Other examples: being a witness to/advocating for local suicides, dealing with the justice system because so many people who need treatment are put in a cell instead. Basically, it's the emotional toll that all of this takes and the work that allows us to cope with that toll - therapy meditation etc

It's a term I made up* while talking this over with my ED today (*as far as I know, no one else uses it this way). We're using it to describe the emotional impact of our jobs. For us, this looks like hard calls with struggling caregivers or frustration with a broken mental healthcare system

It'd be great to see "witness work" acknowledged more in job descriptions and the workplace in general. A large chunk of any social service job is the emotional work that comes as you witness trauma and injustice. I'm curious about what effect recognizing this would have on our industry. #nonprofit

It seemed like such a good thing when it first started...

The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty A growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor housing, jobs, and basic services.

We really need training systems and transparency regulations in place for any government-used algorithm. I know too many #nonprofit orgs without any #tech focused positions. How can we look out for the communities we serve without this knowledge?

It's the threat of needing to search for a grant-related email or a "per my previous email" from a board member. I gave up. My email inbox count is now 21k 🤣

This hit me right in the Monday feels 🤣😭

340B Hospital Protections Advance, Medical Liability Blocked During Busy Lame Duck Various healthcare bills, including increased 340B protections for healthcare providers, received attention by the Michigan Legislature during the week of Dec. 9.

MHA update on recent #mentalhealth related legislation in #Michigan

No problem! We're a mental health nonprofit, so a lot of our volunteers limit their social media use. Discord was a nice compromise, since it allows for community building/information sharing without people having to wade through the negative side of social media.

Threads felt too messy for us compared to Bluesky. We also added Discord for community building among our volunteer base.

Transgender Mental Health: Voda launches world’s largest free resource An LGBTQIA mental health app launched a collection of digital wellness programmes targeted towards the trans community

An #LGBTQIA mental health app launched a collection of self-let digital wellness programmes targeted towards addressing mental health needs specific to the #trans community.
#transgender #mentalhealth

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