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The New Problem-Solving Skills That All Cities Need

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By James Anderson Here’s a new axiom fit for the 21st century: The greater the global challenge, the more likely it is to fall to local governments to fix. Local governments are left bearing the brunt and have, understandably, so far struggled. Or take the ongoing global migration wave.

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How the America the Beautiful Initiative, the Inflation Reduction Act, and Philanthropy Are Effecting a Just Transition in Native American and Alaska Native Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? The Inflation Reduction Act In direct response to these crises, in August 2022 the Biden administration successfully passed the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R.5376),

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With Help from the Donors of Color Network, Two Organizations Are Creating Change

NonProfit Quarterly

The Right to Be Free from Environmental Harm The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) works toward equity and justice in environmental, energy, and climate policies. The Kresge Foundation supports the education and research skills training that has helped develop solutions to severe flood risks in these areas.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

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Local Solutions to Federal Problems: Moving Climate Dollars to Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

We derive these findings from a report we collaborated on, recently published by the National Resources Defense Council, that explored these issues. There are also opportunities to advance equity and establish more community-responsive co-governance in the process. Learning from Community Groups So, what are we learning?

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Employee Ownership Policy Makes Major Gains—Next Up, Implementation

NonProfit Quarterly

Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) The shape of government relations for worker co-ops has experienced a massive shift in the past five years. Employee Ownership as Economic Development The CHIPS and Science Act aims to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States. How does this work?

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Over the last year, she had to visit the emergency room at the local hospital three times when she and members of her family developed severe respiratory symptoms. For example, a solution to help Elisa manage her diabetes might not work in her community because of the cultural or economic barriers that are present. Elisa isn’t alone.

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