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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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Google.org Awards $10 Million to Feeding America to Bolster Food Banks

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow a dual-degree program for physician-scientists, and the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded $11 million to promote Indigenous farming practices to safeguard the global food system from the effects of climate change.

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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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Newsletter: How to Do Social Distancing & Cause Marketing Right ? ; And Your Most Valuable Virtual Asset is… ; A Pandemic Playbook for Medical Nonprofits

Selfish Giving

Like many nonprofits, medical nonprofits are struggling right now. Brain Food 1. This business committed to raising $500,000 with a round-up program at its 1,500 stores. They just announced they've already raised a million dollars. ?? ?? Marketing Your Cause 1. This is an interesting argument. Cool Jobs in Cause 1. when you were a kid?

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Black Organizers in Boston’s Roxbury Neighborhood Provide a Path Forward

NonProfit Quarterly

Opened in 2023, this full-service grocer focused on the African diaspora through food (including a halal butchery, restaurant, cafe, and gathering space) has the audacious goal of controlling the food marketplace and attaining food sovereignty. The need for food sovereignty is urgent, to hear Samad tell it.

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The Israel-Gaza War Is Pushing Relief Groups to the Brink

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Getting food, water, and medical supplies to Gaza has always been difficult, relief workers say. Over the past few days, it's become impossible. By Sara Herschander Mohamed Zaanoun, Middle East Images, AFP, Getty Images A rescue team member searches in buildings in Gaza damaged by Israeli missile strikes.

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