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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What if we had a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that took its mandate to ensure human flourishing rather than real estate profit? I invite you to imagine with me what this would look like.

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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

At one point, the team learned that residents feared the lake because overgrown vegetation made it unclear where the water began, and parents worried that their children might drown. All these popular amenities and activities were conceived and constructed in close collaboration with residents. Resident fear abated.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth. Exposure to lead during pregnancy can lead to developmental or behavioral problems in children later on.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

This narrative falsely portrayed Black women as abusing the welfare system by having children out of wedlock, stigmatizing the legitimate need for usually meager forms of public assistance. Another woman in Mississippi shared a story of having to lock her children in a room in the absence of childcare to fulfill work requirements.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

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Housing and Climate: Funding Holistic Solutions

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FHO, which centers racial equity in cross-sector efforts to address the systemic causes of housing insecurity, is now actively searching out ways to invest in housing and climate justice. In this article, I talk about collective actions that funders can take to holistically address climate-related impacts on housing justice.

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Tenants Nationwide Call for Social Housing Now!

NonProfit Quarterly

The home now serves as transitional housing for mothers and children. It’s time we shift our focus to those most in need: the poorest, people with disabilities, the unhoused, seniors, individuals with [criminal] records, undocumented immigrants, single mothers with children, and other marginalized groups.”