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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

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Towards Thriving: Building a Movement for Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

This article introduces Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. These communities still live under food apartheid.

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Legislative Tracker for Tennessee Nonprofits - Education

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Sector : Healthcare/ Education Bill : SB2329 / HB2354 Bill Summary : As introduced, prohibits a local government entity, school, or local education agency from implementing a mask mandate related to COVID-19.

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Setting a Co-op Table for Food Justice in Louisville

NonProfit Quarterly

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

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Breaking the cycle: Supporting veterans and military families’ basic needs in local communities 

Candid

The survey found critical gaps between the demand for and availability of essential services like food, financial aid, transportation, and housing. Due to a shortage of resources or lack of knowledge for how to navigate the medical system, their pain worsens, which impacts their ability to work,” she said. And the cycle continues.”

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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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