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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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¡Adelante! A Latinx Community Organizes to Generate Community Wealth

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Daniel Xavier on pexels This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Owning the Economy: Stories from Latinx Communities. How does a small Latinx community organize itself to support homegrown businesses? Looking to expand and develop a permanent storefront, they participated in the food business course.

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What Does Tribal Land Stewardship Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

The climate crisis is not only a product of greenhouse gas emissions… but also of an ideological shift that was imposed by colonization and capitalism to justify violation of sacred land-, water-, and airways—domination that taught Americans to speak of “resources” instead of “relatives.”. Cargill Philanthropies. Eric Henson et al.,

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Making Food Systems Work for People of Color: Six Action Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

And in so doing we are challenging the community development field to do better—by creating new tools to support truly equitable food-oriented development. Many large community development financial institutions , credit unions, and foundations present themselves as community-based food financing leaders.

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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies for mission impact. Adding to this complexity, many guarantors lack systems, policies, and procedures to manage guarantees.

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3 Reasons Your Boss Didn’t Approve Your Social Media Budget and Plan

Pam Moore

You must get in the head of both your management as well as your audience. You are not speaking the same language as your management. It could be you are talking apples and your management is talking oranges. Too many new social media managers get all hyped up about vanity metrics such as followers, likes, etc.

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From Owing to Owning: How Communities Can Control Commercial Land

NonProfit Quarterly

What makes the strip mall unique is its community ownership. A nonprofit, the East Portland Community Investment Trust , serves as the owner and lead manager and developer of the property, and for a monthly subscription fee of $10 to $100, nearby residents can become owners themselves.