Tom Kamber

Feb 19, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Tiffany Benjamin |Tom Kamber |Meredith Klenkel |Lora Smith

In June 2023, the Biden administration announced that the government would invest $42.45 billion in funding to connect every citizen in the country to high-speed internet. The funding, available as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), allows the opportunity for every state and US territory to invest in high-speed broadband infrastructure through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (BEAD).

Feb 5, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson |Mariame Kaba |Tiffany Benjamin |Tom Kamber

More than 20 years ago, a man showed up for treatment at St. Francis House, a homeless shelter in Boston, MA. Cecilia Ibeabuchi, the newly appointed nurse manager for the facility, came to see him. The man was complaining of a pounding headache and was asking for Tylenol. As she attended to him, Ibeabuchi noticed the man’s feet, swaddled in four pairs of socks—and coming from them was a nauseating odor.