NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

One strategy for achieving that vision is to support urban agriculture and community agency, giving people the chance to produce their own food. Advancing urban agriculture in Camden. While the answers remain complicated, we must use our collective power and community agency to address our needs.

Food 131

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 131

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

The island is vulnerable to changing climatic conditions, including unusually heavy rainfall; flood-induced erosion by the Brahmaputra River has destroyed half of the island, harming local agriculture and ways of life. Salmora Village is another community on Majuli Island where people are facing climate migration.

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Governance Construction 89

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series examines the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice. These racist stories then shape our policies for years and years.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Poverty Law Children 94

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It explores how these leaders are addressing critical issues at the intersection of food sovereignty, racial and economic justice, and community. Mississippi has a rich culture, but for generations, its Black communities have experienced health inequities intertwined with discrimination, poverty, and racial exclusion.

Food 109

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 109

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

2 It has been edited for publication here. These successes transformed our agricultural practices, so that rather than relying on large commercial farms, regenerative farming practices gained prominence, creating food sovereignty. This speculative fiction work is drawn from Resonance: A Framework for Philanthropic Transformation.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. The reality is more complicated.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

And folks drew on the knowledge of cooperatives in the Black community going back to the 19th century. My mom was part of what we’d now call a CSA (community-supported agriculture). SD: You have spoken before about your experience working in public education prior to moving to Mississippi. This was, I believe, in 1999.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Education Education Recruitment 132