Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 19, 2023

By Logan McDonnell As a nonprofit professional with over a decade of experience working in homelessness programs and currently working in homelessness prevention, I’ve often heard coworkers describe how a person in one of these programs reminded them of a close relative or friend.

Homelessness 120

Homelessness Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 120

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The origin of the tenant organizing movement in San Francisco’s Chinatown can, in fact, be traced back to one of these organizations, the Ping Yuen Residents Improvement Association (PYRIA) , which was founded in 1967 to improve conditions in Chinatown’s public housing complexes. Empowered grassroots leadership made that project possible.

Community Development 114

Community Development Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 114

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 27, 2022

For example: Community organizers in San Juan, Puerto Rico , persuaded legislators to establish a community land trust to prevent resort developers from grabbing land from low-income residents who must evacuate so the government can dredge a polluted waterway that floods when it rains. What Philanthropy Can Do.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Energy Manufacturing Environmental 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” At the height of the pandemic, I was swept up in a titanic battle being waged over the right to a city. 1 That city was New Haven, Connecticut.

Education 88

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 88