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What Bagels Taught Me About Leadership

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Clearly, what I expected to happen—bring food and people will come and eat it—was not what happened in this organization.  I called one of the Associate Executive Directors. And I knew the most important thing I had to do, in those first weeks and months, was to address this culture I had inherited. And no one came. They trickled in.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She also lives in a food desert, which makes getting nutritious and affordable food difficult. The nearest fresh food grocer is three miles away, across the 101 freeway. She can afford one big shopping trip in the month and at the end of the month she visits the local food pantry to subsidize until she gets her next paycheck.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements.

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Recognizing the Full Spectrum of Black Women’s Views on Homeownership Is Key to Progress

NonProfit Quarterly

Black women hold diverse and nuanced socioeconomic and political identities, and as such, our policies targeting racial and gender inequality must be flexible and adaptable. This is a core tenet of racially just policies and programs. Yet, too often in our politics and culture, Black women are presented as a monolith.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

The whole New Deal program—including the rights to employment, housing, food, and education, and other necessities—was framed using the word “security.” But there was also a cultural shift, including a constant drive of competition and consumption that accompanied those economic policies. What would this let us create?