Alison Stine

1 week ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Alison Stine

Libraries and museums are some of the latest targets of the mass layoffs and funding restrictions that have become characteristic of the second Trump administration. At the end of March, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency that provides grant funding to museums and libraries across the country, placed its whole staff on administrative leave.

1 month ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Alison Stine

It’s a rite of passage in spring, when hotels overflow, attendees with nametags on lanyards flood the streets, and alcohol sales at hotel bars smash records. It’s AWP: The Association of Writing Programs (AWP) annual conference for the nonprofit of the same name, which serves creative writers, academics, publishers, and literary journal and book editors.

1 month ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Alison Stine

It’s becoming hard to keep track. Was it Hurricane Helene that destroyed a neighbor’s house in Florida, or was it Hurricane Milton? Did a community deal with a mass exodus of residents after the Park Fire or the Eaton and Palisades Fires? An urgent issue emerging from our late stage of the climate crisis: The world is not simply dealing with one disaster but multiple ones, often at the same time and in the same areas, again and again.

2 months ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Alison Stine

Parables of Earth is a recurring column from NPQ’s Climate Justice desk exploring the connections between climate and art. Inspired in part by Octavia E. Butler, this column expands our lens on climate justice and taps into our deeply human inclination for creative expression—for joy, for strength, and for imagining new worlds. “If our position means no more NEA grants for Tupelo Press, so be it.

2 months ago | nonprofitquarterly.org | Alison Stine

It was supposed to be a safe place. At least, that’s what Kelsey Lahr believed of Asheville, NC. After researching the most climate-resilient places to live in the United States based on data from researchers and experts, Lahr relocated to Asheville in 2020 following years of wildfires and mudslides impacting her home in Santa Barbara, CA. The Appalachian city of Asheville, with its mild temperatures and inland location, was believed by many, including Lahr, to be safe from severe climate events.