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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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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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Making Food Systems Work for People of Color: Six Action Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.

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This Food Bank's Two Secrets to Partnership Success

Selfish Giving

Way back in 2002, she started as the communications and marketing director for the North Texas Food Bank. When anyone wanted to do a food drive, we said yes, whether it was Joe Bob’s Tire Shop or AT&T." The food bank has come a long way in the past 15 years. Colleen Brinkmann, North Texas Food Bank.

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How inflation affects foundation grantmaking decisions

Candid

With these challenges at play, how did inflation affect foundation giving decisions in 2022 and beyond? Last month, Candid published results from the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, an annual survey of large U.S. private and community foundations. Here’s what we found.

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How the Selfish Giving Newsletter is Changing in 2024 ; How to Do Cause Marketing with a Laundromat? ; 11 Things to Look Forward to in 2024

Selfish Giving

I'm keeping all the current sections: Note from Joe, Partnership Notes, Marketing Your Cause, Cause Jobs, and Brain Food. ? How to do cause marketing with a laundromat. Marketing Your Cause 1. Smahht marketing. Ephraim is an accomplished email marketer! Foundation , Oakland, CA 2. Brain Food 1.

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Cause Marketing in the ‘Hood: Starbucks, Whole Foods

Selfish Giving

In my travels this past weekend, I came across two cause marketing programs at two stores my family frequents a lot. This was a simple cause marketing program that rewarded Jumpstart with 25 cents for every green latte sold. As a local cause marketer it gave me hope that maybe my little nonprofit could one day work with Starbucks.

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