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Gumbo for the Struggle: Recipes of Liberation from the Cultural Kitchen

NonProfit Quarterly

Based in Oakland, CA, and launched in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cooperative is forging a table of Black women-led, community-based organizations so Black cultural production across the city can thrive. So too is collaboration. However, disruptions are being cooked up. East Bay PREC purchased Esther’s for $1.5

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Making Food Systems Work for People of Color: Six Action Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

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How to Advance a Regenerative Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Mapping a Just Transition from an Extractive Economy At the end of 2020, People’s Economy Lab convened about 20 BIPOC community leaders to create a roadmap for a just transition to a regenerative economy in the Greater Seattle area. This process closes the food waste loop, keeping financial and natural resources in the community.