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Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

Up to this point, legislation for most worker co-ops was not a priority; federal policy wasn’t even a pipe dream. Public policy wasn’t really a part of our culture. Why Prioritize Public Policy and Advocacy? 6 Engaging in public policy advocacy is not without its dangers. Until it was.

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Newsletter: Why Aren't You Targeting Startups for Partnerships? ; Seven Top B2B Social Trends for 2024 ; How to Do Partner Surveys Right ?

Selfish Giving

For example, I just read about a new pet insurance company that donates $25 every time a new customer signs up for a policy. Maybe it was the nonprofit's. Hellman's spent the Superbowl promoting Sick of Food Waste Day on Monday and donating to a student-led anti-waste organization. 1 is paid social. Brain Food 1.

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Can Public Power Advance Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Luriko Yamaguchi on pexel.com What is public power? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced. Why focus on “public power”? In a word, a large share of public services during the neoliberal era of the past few decades has been outsourced.

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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

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Setting a Co-op Table for Food Justice in Louisville

NonProfit Quarterly

And, of course, there are always contingencies with public money. In response to the protests and adverse national publicity, Louisville put into place a civilian review board. And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. We secured $3.5

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Is Climate Change Making Loneliness Worse?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Miriam Alonso on pexels.com Loneliness is “the most human of feelings,” Jeremy Nobel, faculty at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, said on the podcast Harvard Thinking. How many seasonal celebrations were deferred, and social connections interrupted or never even made?

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

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