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Trusting Youth to Lead

NonProfit Quarterly

Hazen Foundation provided funding for CYC to engage youth and community stakeholder voices in the transition process, leading to the creation of a transition committee that consisted of three board members, three staff, and three youth representatives of CYC’s foster youth membership. The Edward W.

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Building the Solidarity Economy by Boosting Black-Owned Co-ops

NonProfit Quarterly

Interning at the Sustainable Economies Law Center in Oakland, I got a bird’s-eye view of the cooperative ecosystem and what cooperatives could do. I was inspired by the large-scale cooperative development that happened in Italy and Spain. This is how the Kikosi Collective developed. Photo courtesy of Repaired Nations.

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