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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations.

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From Owing to Owning: How Communities Can Control Commercial Land

NonProfit Quarterly

“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.

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Driving Change in Housing Policies With Advocacy and Organizing

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Robust research demonstrates that high-quality housing in a thriving community is associated with improved physical and mental health, educational and developmental outcomes for children, and financial security and economic mobility for families.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

15 Today’s economy places a premium on being able to access social networks to jump from job to job, which reinforces existing privilege, because the very definition of social networks in the job market depends on having connections in high places. 23 William Gale, codirector of the Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, concurs.