NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

She understood that you cant fight for civil and political rights if you dont have economic rights, if you dont have control over your own economic wellbeing. There has been huge growth in worker co-ops and significant growth in Black food co-ops. So, she started the co-op. She was able to raise money to get land.

Food 89

Food Activism Poverty Leadership 89

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 23, 2024

I can bring in my upbringing, cultural experiences, and everyday lived experiences as a Black woman when I am working to organize Black women around poverty, economic issues, maternal health, and working with Black women from different backgrounds.

Leadership 126

Leadership Poverty Culture Values 126

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Isabelle Leighton: I love that you’re starting with a nice and easy question, not like my favorite food or anything! And so, a lot of the questions that people have are, like, “How do I balance what I understand are these movements that are happening and also the needs that I’ve always given to and the issues I’ve always focused on?”

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Foundations 105

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

RR: The book is based on your discovery that everyone’s “economic issues are also emotional ones.” The whole New Deal program—including the rights to employment, housing, food, and education, and other necessities—was framed using the word “security.” AT: That’s a great way of putting it, ubiquitous but uneven.

Manufacturing 144

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Poverty Psychology 144