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Public Land for Public Good: Preserving Miami’s Dominican Neighborhood

NonProfit Quarterly

Those who’ve managed to scratch out a way to stay are at risk every day of being erased. In 2018, I gathered a group of nine people from the community—small business owners; residents; nonprofit, school, and university leaders—to discuss how to preserve our beloved neighborhood. Many have already closed, buckling under tripling rents.

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Holding Our Ground: Tenant Organizing in San Francisco’s Mission District

NonProfit Quarterly

Starting during the Great Depression and especially after World War II, the neighborhood—which extends south and east of Market Street, San Francisco’s main thoroughfare—became the city’s leading Latinx neighborhood. MEDA, a community organization formed in 1973, was a product of this activism.

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