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What Nigeria Can Teach the US About Food Insecurity

NonProfit Quarterly

In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering. Akaka’s family cultivates common food crops like yam and maize.

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Kinship over Transaction: How Bolivians Meet Community Needs

NonProfit Quarterly

Back in the San Francisco Bay Area where I’m usually based, I work with the Sustainable Economies Law Center to support projects that redistribute wealth, democratize governance, and steward communal resources. Another major change recognized and created frameworks for self-governance, focused on the department (state) and local levels.

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Report Finds a “Crisis” of Nonprofit Workforce Shortages

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com Nonprofits faced significant workforce shortages last year, continuing a years-long trend that has left the nonprofit sector in a “crisis” that is hurting the individuals and communities they serve. When nonprofits cannot hire enough employees to provide vital services, the public suffers.

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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 also come from a family of grocery workers and managers. When I was little, my dad managed a large local grocery. A Positive Vision of Food Sovereignty.

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55 Social Sector Leaders Selected for CNP September Cohort

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

The Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) program , offered by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, recognizes this need and is pleased to announce the 55 outstanding individuals joining its prestigious CNP September Cohort. Effective leadership is crucial for these organizations to thrive and continue to serve their communities.

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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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Ancestor in the Making: A Future Where Philanthropy’s Legacy Is Stopping the Bad and Building the New

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Two things changed how wealth was managed. Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” 2 It has been edited for publication here.