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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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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Wealthy philanthropic organizations often view issues through the lens of scientific, technological, and financial superiority. Unfortunately, our blind faith in solutions and the capabilities of new technologies can lead to a careless attitude towards creating problems. Nussbaum’s framework is not a flawless template.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

According to the Economic Policy Institute, in the 1950s and 1960s, more than 1 percent of workers participated in a union election each year. 42 To reorient the sector toward justice, activists also need to organize nonprofits from within to pursue the social justice missions that are supposed to motivate their work.