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From Owing to Owning: How Communities Can Control Commercial Land

NonProfit Quarterly

Rationales for Community Ownership While motivations for pursuing community ownership of land vary, there are some common elements. percent poverty rate (as of 2001). To participate, community members can purchase an ownership share in the enterprise, contingent on completing an eight-hour financial education course.

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Disability, poverty, and discrimination are part of a cycle where each reinforces the others. The global surge in recognizing and embracing corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance practices has become a driving force for businesses to invest in people with disabilities worldwide.

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Stories of Organizational Transformation: Moving Toward System Change and a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

This article profiles three organizations from which we hail—the Center for Biological Diversity, Marbleseed (formerly the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service), and Wellspring Cooperative—that have grown to focus on addressing the many social, political, economic, and environmental ills that are a direct outcome of capitalism.

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Does Every Little Bit of ESG Integration Help?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In that time, ESG integration has been enshrined in thousands of pension fund and asset manager ESG policies, while regulations such as the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) now require the practice of financial market participants. The best way to think about the problem is to imagine a Venn diagram with two circles.

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Movements Are Leading the Way: Reenvisioning and Redesigning Laws and Governance for a Just Energy Utility Transition

NonProfit Quarterly

13 Below, I summarize some of the beliefs and assumptions motivating movement action, many of which act as an alternative to common utility myths and interventions at play today. Examples here only scratch the surface of the plurality of work happening across the country. Energy justice advocates from California to Louisiana are pushing back.

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Wielding the Power of Email: 18 Ideas for Crafting Effective Nonprofit Newsletters

Nonprofit Megaphone

Example: “Join Us in the Fight Against Poverty” Keep it short: A concise subject line is easier to read and comprehend, especially on mobile devices. Inspires action: By showcasing the positive outcomes of your organization’s work, subscribers may feel more motivated to get involved and contribute to your cause.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Impact investing, as defined by the Global Impact Investing Network , is an investment tool “made with the intention to generate positive, measurable, social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.” When Profit Is the Motive Nursing Home Care Suffers ,” NPQ , January 8. The Rights of ESOP Participants. Josephs, M.