NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. Over the years, I’ve seen corporate food giants pack up and leave our neighborhoods.

Food 94

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 94

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

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.

Food 104

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 104

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

Race and Ethnicity 117

Race and Ethnicity Community Development Participation and motivation Culture 117

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

Health 115

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 115

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And just some areas I wanted to share with you just so that you know the kind of funding that’s going to be out there is that 65 billion is going to be directed towards counties, and many of them are going to be in the form of community development block grants. And it’s also just centrally located in the community.

Nonprofit governance and management 118

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 118

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. In a massive charitable response, vast networks of locally supported food pantries, coat drives, homeless shelters, community clinics, and free schools have been launched and sustained.

Public and Social Policy 121

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

Education 89

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 89