Fall 2022

December 12, 2022

IDCE Faculty & Staff

Issue 4

Recognitions
Cindy Caron Cindy Caron

Book chapter...

Caron, Cynthia M. (2022) "Relocation as a disaster risk reduction strategy: Socio-political insights
from Sri Lanka” In: Madhanagopal, D. and Salim Momtaz (Eds.), Emerging socio-political perspec-
tives of climate change: Focus on South and Southeast Asia. Oxfordshire: Routledge.

https://www.routledge.com/Climate-Change-and-Risk-in-South-and-Southeast-Asia-
Sociopolitical-Perspectives/Madhanagopal-Momtaz/p/book/9781032106700
Anita Fábos

Climate Change and Risk in South and

Southeast Asia
This book, focuses on South and Southeast Asia, up-
grades our understanding of the influence of multiple
sociopolitical and governance factors on climate change
and risks. Moving beyond science and technology-
oriented discussions on climate change, it argues that
the real solutions to climate change problems lie in soci-
eties, governance systems, non-state actors, and the Milad Korde
power and politics ...
www.routledge.com

Anita Fábos Anita participated in the inaugural Scholars

Webinar and inaugural SAR... at Risk (SAR) United States General Assem-
bly in New Orleans from December 1-3 as a
Last month, Anita moderated the Webinar, member of the SAR U.S. Steering Com-
“Beauty and Beautification in Refugees’ mittee and as a speaker in the panel, "Free Margaret Post

Lives: Implications for refugee policy,” (link to Think 2022: Responding to Attacks on Ac-
coming) presented by IDCE Visiting Scholar ademic Freedom.” The General Assembly
Stephanie Acker. Stephanie’s presentation brought together nearly forty representa-
was the second in the Integration and Be- tives of U.S. universities and professional as-
longing Hub’s Virtual Brown Bag Series. Our sociations to share best practices for sup- Inside this issue
first Webinar featured Craig Mortley porting threatened scholars and promoting
Cindy Caron ......................... 1
(UConn) presenting “Learning to Belong a culture of academic freedom in the United
Anita Fábos .......................... 1
When No Place Feels Like Home: Experienc- States and elsewhere. Milad Korde ......................... 2
es with Belonging for LGBTQI Asylum Seek-
Margaret Post ...................... 2
ers and Refugees,” and was moderated by
IDCE Visiting Scholar Max Niedzwiecki. 1
 Milad Korde
Book contract...

Milad was offered a book contract as the sole author of an upcoming manuscript titled GIS for Programmers:
What Every Developer Needs To Know About Geography with Manning publications.
Manning is one of the most active publishers in the world of GIS, Geocomputation,
Congratulations
and Geospatial Technology.
Milad!

Milad adds, “I have read many Manning books and used their titles in my classes. It is
an honor to author a book for them and enthusiasts who want to learn GIS and apply it in their software de-
velopment. The book aims to teach programmers with significant experience in software development how
to handle GIS in their projects. The proposal was well received by professionals, and I got very good feedback
from everyone who peer-reviewed the proposal.”

Margaret Post
Presented a paper and publishing a paper...

Margaret presented a paper with Elizabeth Boris (Urban Institute) at the 2022 Annual Conference of ARNOVA
(Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action)

Identifying the Structural Characteristics and Ecosystem Connections that Influence 501(c)(3)-(c)(4) Hy-
brid Organization Success
Margaret A. Post, Clark University
Elizabeth T. Boris, The Urban Institute
November 2022, ARNOVA Conference, Raleigh NC

Margaret and Elizabeth are also publishing a paper in the Nonprofit Policy Forum

Nonprofit Political Engagement: The Roles of 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organizations in Elections
and Policymaking
Margaret A. Post, Elizabeth T. Boris 2022 Nonprofit Policy Forum https://doi.org/10.1515/npf-
2021-0061

Abstract: guide future research on member-based, politically active or-

This paper provides a framework for understanding the role of
member- based, politically active 501(c)(4) social welfare or-
ganizations in U.S. civil society. Tax-exempt social welfare (501
(c)(4)) organizations make up the second largest group of non-
profit organizations in the United States. Among them are a
mix of membership organizations, social clubs, professional
associations, and advocates that are permitted to lobby and
engage in partisan political activities. Informed by the litera-
ture, case study research, and a dataset of politically active
501(c)(4) organizations, we identify categories of politically
active (c)(4) organizations involved in electoral and policy
change actions including national advocacy or- ganizations,
local and state member organizations, (c)(4) funders, and shell
en- tities. We discuss four analytic considerations that can
ganizations including (1) engagement activ- ities, (2) organiza-
tional characteristics, (3) context, and (4) outcomes. We then
provide an example of how we have applied this approach to
a subset of organi- zations that build civic leadership and po-
litical capacity in communities that have experienced structur-
al inequality and racism. We explain how these organizations
engage members in grassroots organizing and advocacy strat-
egies in order to impact elections and policy change. By ex-
plaining how the (c)(4) structure can enable organizations to
involve members in political action, we enhance theo- retical
understanding of politically active (c)(4)s as mediating struc-
tures of polit- ical engagement. The paper concludes with pro-
posed avenues for further empirical investigation.
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