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✨ ARNOVA Section Spotlight

This week, we’re highlighting the Early Scholars Section (ESS) — a community dedicated to supporting emerging scholars and practitioners in nonprofit and voluntary action research.

ESS brings together members who explore:

• Professional development and early-career pathways
• Mentorship, networking, and scholarly community-building
• Navigating research, teaching, and practice in the field
• Connecting academic work with real-world impact

If you’re building your career in nonprofit and voluntary sector research, this section may be your academic home within ARNOVA.

🔗 Learn more about joining ESS at the link in the comments.

🎓 Have research, insights, or ideas to share?

The Call for Submissions for ARNOVA 2026 is officially open!

This year’s theme focuses on civic activism, grassroots movements, and the role of voluntary action in democracy.

✨ Works in progress welcome
🌍 Global perspectives encouraged
🤝 Open to scholars, students, and practitioners

If you’ve been working on something, this is your chance to share it with a broader community.

👉 Submit your proposal: https://www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/a5bea8c0-2808-4862-80f2-4420bda1448d

✨ ARNOVA Section Spotlight

This week, we’re highlighting the Data & Analytics Section (DAS) — a community focused on strengthening nonprofit research through better data, methods, and analytic tools.

DAS brings together members who explore:

• Improving access to nonprofit and philanthropic data
• Advancing analytic methods in nonprofit research
• Strengthening data quality and methodological rigor
• Tools, datasets, and approaches that support evidence-based practice

If your work focuses on using data and analytics to better understand and improve the nonprofit sector, this section may be your academic home within ARNOVA.

🔗 Learn more about joining DAS at the link in the comments.

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ARNOVA Section Spotlight ✨

This week, we’re highlighting the Critical Perspectives Section (CPS) — a community committed to examining power, equity, and justice in nonprofit and policy research.

CPS brings together members who explore:
• Critical theory in nonprofit research
• Challenging dominant assumptions in policy studies
• Power, equity & justice in voluntary action
• Reflective, rigorous scholarship in teaching and practice

If your work centers on questioning assumptions and rethinking the foundations of nonprofit and policy research, this section may be your academic home within ARNOVA.

🔗 Learn more about joining CPS at the link in the comments.

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📣 ARNOVA CGA Members & Friends — You're Invited!

The Community and Grassroots Associations Section (CGA) is hosting a Zoom Call to connect scholars around their research and upcoming ARNOVA Conference abstracts — and to explore collaboration on panel proposals.

📅 Tuesday, April 14 | 3:00–4:00 PM EST

This year's conference themes align closely with CGA's core interests, including Igniting Civic Activism: Grassroots and Voluntary Action and Democracy and Global Civil Society, Social Movements and Grassroots Associations. All are welcome!

Join the CGA section today to receive the invite to the Zoom meeting: https://www.arnova.org/members-only/community-and-grassroots-associations-cga/