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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.

Food 101
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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Isabelle Leighton: I love that you’re starting with a nice and easy question, not like my favorite food or anything! It doesn’t fall within the same political ideological frameworks that are presented within a lot of the traditional philanthropy. So, this is a great question and something we get asked a lot. It looks different.

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Newsletter: Pillow Fighting 'Buddy the Elf' Recruits Sponsors for Viral Videos ?? ; The Right Content for Each Stage of the Sales Funnel; Is Swearing the Next Hot Marketing Strategy? F— Yeah!

Selfish Giving

Brain Food 1. Nor is DEI, philanthropy, or cause marketing. I'm happy to post it here for FREE. ???? Any of you interested in Web 3.0 and specifically DAOs (decentralized autonomous organization)? This is the first DAO for social good I've seen. elfDAO is buying gifts for kids this holiday season. ESG is not a company's purpose.

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Newsletter: Competing Caterpillar Cakes Spark Retail War for Charity ; Perfect T-Shirt to Get Vaccinated in Benefits Great Cause ; The Era of Corporate Political Responsibility is Upon Us

Selfish Giving

Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Maryland Food Bank , Halethorpe, MD 5. Corporate & Community Relations Officer, Gleaners Food Bank of Indianapolis ($43k - $53k) Do you have a partnership position you are trying to fill? Brain Food 1. Nanette and Melissa will be sharing their prescriptions on.

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Newsletter: Engage Your Board in Selling Partnerships ; Red Nose Day Becomes Red Nose Year ; Toms Shoes Plots a Comeback - But Without One-For-One

Selfish Giving

Brain Food 1. They will be answering your questions about how to finally get your board to help identify, cultivate and sell corporate partnerships. Nanette and Melissa will be sharing their prescriptions on. Hit reply and share your job listing with me! I'm happy to post it here for FREE. ???? and corporate America knows it.

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Newsletter: Better Sponsorship Packages with Thriller, Spiller, Filler ; Mini USA Aims to Put More Pets in Passenger Seats ; Get Your Partnership & Marketing Teams on the Same Page

Selfish Giving

For example, say that you are recruiting sponsors for a gala. At lunch, Ally made its way to a local food pantry where it covered the cost of 200 Thanksgiving meal kits ahead of the holiday.To Vice President, Corporate Philanthropy, United Way , Tampa, FL 4. Brain Food 1. Thriller gets a partner's attention.

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Report Finds a “Crisis” of Nonprofit Workforce Shortages

NonProfit Quarterly

When any of those happen, the ripple effects cannot be ignored: communities lose access to food, shelter, mental health care, and other vital services on which people depend (iii). Providers of human services accounted for one-third of all nonprofits reporting salary compensation as a challenge in recruiting and retaining workers.