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Arts Policy Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Solid policy research into the nonprofit arts and culture sector, once rare and anecdotal, is now accumulating. It is the first Boston study to examine the fundraising mechanisms available to local arts and cultural organizations compared to other parts of the country, and to establish a baseline understanding of this sector???s

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Facebook ramps up moderation around Derek Chauvin trial, will delete posts mocking George Floyd’s death

The Verge

Facebook says it’s taking extra moderation measures around the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of murdering Minneapolis man George Floyd last year. As a verdict in the trial approaches, Facebook has designated Minneapolis a “high-risk location” where it will seek and remove calls to bring weapons to events.

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Using data to enact lasting, systemic police and justice reforms

Tableau

State & Local Government Affairs, Salesforce. Last year, the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis set into motion a long overdue public reckoning on race, policing, and equity across the country. Zach Carstensen. Kristin Adderson. May 24, 2021 - 11:51pm. May 25, 2021. Seattle has been home to Tableau for the past 17 years.

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Big tech companies are responding to George Floyd in a way they never did for Michael Brown

The Verge

Amazon’s Black Employee Network will also be given a grant to “fund local organizations that support education and racial equality initiatives in communities across the country where our employees live and work.”. Cook has also tweeted twice about Minneapolis: Minneapolis is grieving for a reason. Police policy reform now.

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Nextdoor CEO says it’s ‘our fault’ moderators deleted Black Lives Matter posts

The Verge

The app will be changing its policies to explicitly allow discussion of the movement in future, and will be offering new unconscious bias training to its unpaid moderators. Black Lives Matter is a local topic.”. “We A lot of our leads viewed Black Lives Matter as a national issue that was happening.

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Police Scorecard visualizes data on policing to drive for equity and change

Tableau

As protests spread from Minneapolis to cities across the country and around the world, conversations about institutional racism within policing—and what can be done about it—spread with them. It’s also a window into the efficacy of policing-related policies that have been implemented. Visualization credit: Police Scorecard.

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Police Scorecard visualizes data on policing to drive for equity and change

Tableau

As protests spread from Minneapolis to cities across the country and around the world, conversations about institutional racism within policing—and what can be done about it—spread with them. It’s also a window into the efficacy of policing-related policies that have been implemented. Visualization credit: Police Scorecard.

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