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Food Co-op Leaders Say the Cure for Gentrification Is Solidarity

NonProfit Quarterly

The position of food co-ops in this mix can be ambiguous. On one hand, community-owned food co-ops can be a powerful strategy to assert community control over local food and avoid resident displacement. Yet food co-ops are also sometimes criticized as being potential agents of gentrification.

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Setting a Co-op Table for Food Justice in Louisville

NonProfit Quarterly

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

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Newsletter: How to do Cause Marketing with Self-Storage Companies ; Will Causes Benefit When Adidas Sells $1.2B in Yezzy Merch? ; Improve Your Writing by Defying Your English Teacher ??

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Apparel company Carhartt , a maker of heavy-duty working clothes, is partnering with the National Park Foundation to recruit Gen Z into entry-level parks positions around the country. Director, Corporate Sponsorships, The New York Racing Association , Elmont, NY ($130k - $140k) 2. Brain Food 1. This is a win-win partnership.

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Newsletter: Competing Caterpillar Cakes Spark Retail War for Charity ; Perfect T-Shirt to Get Vaccinated in Benefits Great Cause ; The Era of Corporate Political Responsibility is Upon Us

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Associate Director, Corporate Alliances, American Association for Cancer Research , Philadelphia 2. Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Maryland Food Bank , Halethorpe, MD 5. Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Maryland Food Bank , Halethorpe, MD 5. Brain Food 1. Cool Jobs in Cause 1.

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Newsletter: The Role Case Studies Play in the Sales Funnel ; Are Store Openings Part of Your Cause Marketing Strategy? ; Close More Partnership Deals with Affability & Authenticity

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These days I'm writing a lot of case studies for partnership teams that are eager to use "social proof" to recruit more corporate partners. It's about learning how to use the case studies as a tool to recruit partners. Lead Associate, Corporate Partnerships, Save the Children , Fairfield, CT (Preferred) 3. Brain Food 1.

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Newsletter: Generate More Partnership Leads with LinkedIn ; BAND-AID Launches Campaign to Support Black Nurses ; The Link Between Great Thinking & Walking???

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Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals ’ CMO Maureen Carlson , along with SVP for Operations of Walmart, Glenda Fleming Willis , are hosting a webinar to discuss how a solid CSR strategy can help companies recruit, engage and retain staff. Hmmm.should your partnership team be using webinars to recruit corporate partners? Brain Food 1.

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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

Militia Groups’ Recruitment Strategy Militia groups often appear before federal agencies after natural disasters. During California’s 2022 Oak Fire which burned large parts of the Sierra National Forest, a local group named the Echo Company militia gave out food to evacuees.