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Anchoring Communities: How to Combat Displacement Through Asset Ownership

NonProfit Quarterly

While traditional development models continue to center investors, communities themselves are asking different questions: What does it look like when we own the land, the kitchen, the market, the farm? In Chicago, the RE-UP at 59th and Racine development, led by R.A.G.E., The path to community ownership isn’t easy, however.

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Three Whys, Three Times (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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Director of Policy and Advocacy

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Your Impact The Director of Policy and Advocacy plays a critical role in leading and advancing Habitat for Humanity Greater San Franciscos (HGSF) affordable homeownership agenda through policy development, government relations, and community engagement across San Francisco, Marin, and the Peninsula.

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What Does Centering Native Justice Require? A New Report Has Answers

NonProfit Quarterly

Michael Roberts (Tlingit), First Nations Development Institute What does justice mean in Native American communities? Those are two of the big questions asked in a new report from the First Nations Development Institute (First Nations). And a third are limits on Native representation in the US government itself.

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Federal Jobs, Science, and Anti-Intellectualism: Climate Scientists Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Credit: Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash The headlines document the hostility of the administration of President Donald Trump to the scientific community. At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The New York Times estimates 1,300 layoffs and resignations since Trump took office, with another 1,000 threatened.

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Learning From Setbacks in Collaborations

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Santiago Pulido-Gomez , Jorrit de Jong , Jan Rivkin & Yamile Nesrala Roughly a decade ago, a coalition of industry leaders, businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations in an American city tried to pass a ballot measure for a tax increase. Funding dried up, and the nonprofit hosting the collaboration decided to stop doing so.

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Building Social Housing from the Ground Up: Grassroots Perspectives

NonProfit Quarterly

Most government housing funding is spent on subsidizing mortgages—primarily for the well-to-do. Now, most government housing funding is spent on subsidizing mortgages —primarily for the well-to-do—and residential land is zoned for single-family homes and suburban sprawl. Social housing campaigns look different in different communities.