NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Through collaborative action, Mothers Out Front East Boston is fighting for the right to breathe clean air and live and work in a community that is safe and healthy. We are demanding equal protection and equal enforcement of environmental laws and regulations. Though our neighbor, Massport is inaccessible to our community.

Race and Ethnicity 115

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 115

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. The result of their work is more places for people to gather and experience nature, increased social cohesion, restored civic trust, and perhaps most importantly, community development that benefits all residents.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Construction Community Development Governance 141

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

During the pandemic, economic inequity and social and environmental injustice became hypervisible. What marginalized communities already understood became topics of conversation in the public square. So too is collaboration. BAMBD CDC is an arts-based organization invested in community development writ large.

Culture 106

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 106

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

Additionally, Duranti-Martinez points out, “Community ownership also means that the people most impacted by racial, economic, and environmental injustice have meaningful decision-making power over development” (7). percent poverty rate (as of 2001). Purchasing land was, in a sense, the easiest step.

Public and Nonprofit Management 97

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 97

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Every day, after educating them about the dangers of lead poisoning, I sent families back to homes full of lead paint, because at the time, our public health response did not include necessary environmental changes, like home repairs. Connecticut and Delaware have also created similar community-rooted collaboratives.

Health 117

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 117

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Harmful assumptions about payment behavior effectively criminalizes poverty and understates the harm that water shutoffs cause to low-income communities. More importantly, it sparked conversations and collaboration. It points to the alliance’s five interlocking solutions , which serve as implementation strategies for utilities.

Public and Social Policy 125

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 125

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 other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 121