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 92

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 92

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Often, the result is rural poverty. percent of rural residents lived below the poverty line, compared to 11.9 It supports a population of over 380,000 residents, 21 percent of whom live in poverty, 15 percent of whom are Black, and 15 percent Latinx. Taking the Next Step: Developing Businesses that Build Community Wealth.

Poverty 86

Poverty Children Culture Food 86

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

“From Owing to Owning,” reads a sign at the entrance of Plaza 122, a 29,000-square-foot strip mall near the corner of SE 122nd Avenue and SE Market Street in Portland, OR. What makes the strip mall unique is its community ownership. percent poverty rate (as of 2001). Purchasing land was, in a sense, the easiest step.

Public and Nonprofit Management 97

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Poverty 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

Honoring the memory of our ancestors, BlacSpace is cooking up a savory dish with the intention of feeding communities for generations. Our food is not scarcity-based stone soup but rather a rich, sumptuous, and nourishing gumbo for transforming struggle into an open, connected, and creative way of being—into livity.

Culture 106

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 106

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Business leaders, community organizers, and local policymakers in these places have attempted to replicate the success of Silicon Valley by attracting venture capital, creating business incubators and accelerators, and building an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Yet, these attempts have not significantly reverted economic decline.

Entrepreneurship 119

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Finance Food 119

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 7, 2023

This article concludes the series : Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. The focus on high prices in red-hot urban real estate markets, a centerpiece of most national housing crisis analyses, overshadows the affordability challenges faced in rural America. It may seem like a housing market is a housing market, right?

Poverty 108

Poverty Community Development Finance Construction 108

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

We asked ourselves, “What else can we do if indeed we fundamentally believe that positive health outcomes—positive life outcomes—result from good jobs, good education, safe housing, healthy, affordable foods, and safe, prosperous communities? Connecticut and Delaware have also created similar community-rooted collaboratives.

Health 116

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 116