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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

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. I also come from a family of grocery workers and managers.

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How Black Entrepreneurs Forged a Community Path to Business Success

NonProfit Quarterly

They want the freedom to move how they want to move, to manage schedules how they want to manage them, and to show up for the life they want, not some version of life imagined by a society that excludes and negates their contributions and even their humanity. Since their arrival in America, Black people have always pooled resources.

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How to Align Assets with Mission: Small Steps That Nonprofits Can Take

NonProfit Quarterly

Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

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.” At the height of the pandemic, I was swept up in a titanic battle being waged over the right to a city. 1 That city was New Haven, Connecticut.

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The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Community Ownership

NonProfit Quarterly

Neighborhood Initiativ e, a community-led housing and land trust in Boston. And we’ll also hear from Amaha Selassie of Gem City , a food cooperative in Dayton, Ohio. And we’ll also hear from Amaha Selassie of Gem City , a food cooperative in Dayton, Ohio. All Moderated by Steve Dubb of the Nonprofit Quarterly.