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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. Not only are workforce development and university education required to sustain regional cooperative economies at scale, but this education should begin at an early age.

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The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

NonProfit Quarterly

TLC’s theory of change requires transformation on four levels: individual , organizational , collaborative , and ecosystemic. TLC’s theory of change requires transformation on four levels: individual , organizational , collaborative , and ecosystemic.

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Large class sizes, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and insufficient teacher training all present roadblocks to innovation. In addition, university enrollment doubled among all students and increased by 167 percent among young women. Educational reforms often end with curriculum change, but we kept going.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

41 Mutualism harnesses the human tendency to collaborate, share, and construct institutions that last. Efforts to organize workers into unions within the sector have been on the rise—including among universities, museums, and community advocacy groups. Here, nonprofit unions can also play a catalytic role.

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The Need for More Inclusive Leadership Narratives

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We also realized that having a set curriculum assumes that individuals come to leadership programs as empty vessels—that they don’t already carry the expertise and experience they need to drive change. They also taught us how we could be more responsive to their needs and strengths, and the change they sought to create.