
Virtual Event: Dereliction of Duties and the Rise of the Nonprofit Sector
Tuesday November 8 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Author, Dr. Claire Dunning will discuss her book “Nonprofit Neighborhoods” which explores how and why governments delegated the responsibility for solving urban inequality to the nonprofit sector beginning after World War II. Her research sheds light on the histories of race, democracy, and capitalism, revealing how the federal government funded and deputized nonprofits to help individuals in need, and in so doing avoided addressing the structural inequities that necessitated such action in the first place.
Claire Dunning is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is an affiliated faculty member in the Do Good Institute and the History Department.
This virtual seminar is provided by Northern Illinois University’s Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies. Click here to register.
For additional information or help with registration, please contact Alicia Schatteman at [email protected] or at (815) 753-4410.