NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Xavier on pexels This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? Developing Community Leadership Entrepreneurs play a critical role as community builders.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Community Development Leadership 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Impoverished individuals are treated as passive recipients of solutions, with no active role in the process. Researchers recently argued that decades of problem-solving such as aggressive speed limits, seat-belt laws, or measures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving failed to improve many problematic aspects of transportation.

Philanthropy 125

Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 125

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

million active employee-owners. Colorado’s Story Colorado is home to some of the country’s most favorable cooperative laws. OEDIT has successfully incorporated community wealth building as a pillar of its economic development toolkit. Depending on the ownership structure, it can also bring democracy to the workplace.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Finance Governance Culture 94

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Image credit: Kenny Eliason on unsplash.com This is the fifth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. The law was meant to allow landlords to retire from the rental business, not to evict tenants and flip property, but abuses are common.

Culture 77

Culture Cultural Diversity Community Development Public and Nonprofit Management 77

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Two White women and one Black woman, who shared a history of food and farm activism, led the initial campaign to form Louisville Community Grocery. The current Louisville co-op organizing effort is committed to BIPOC leadership, a departure from earlier food activism practices. A Co-op for Whom? Notes See also L. Halliday and M.

Food 101

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 101

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang In August 2018, the first legislation explicitly naming worker-owned cooperatives—the Main Street Employee Ownership Act—became United States federal law. 26 Its contemporary application is well articulated by Ohio State law professor Amna A. Leadership isn’t just an organizational value.

Public Policy 71

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 71

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 20, 2023

We can’t tell a history of a city or any place without nonprofits being key characters, but to think structurally about those funding relationships, about their ties to policy and government, to foundations and donors, to activism and political rhetoric, was a surprise to a lot of the people I was working with. Let’s have them actively.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 91

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. Conservative politicians and business lobbyists wielded labor law to suppress union activity, such as making boycotts and solidarity strikes illegal.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 72

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

Education 82

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For instance, the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule (AFFH) is a major federal tool to go beyond just prohibiting housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability—it requires actively dismantling of the systems past discrimination left in its wake.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Poverty Health 100