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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This approach would also systematically integrate socio-economic issues such as co-locating affordable housing and transit. International Positive Psychology Association When focusing on a healthy context, there is a risk of falling into naïve holism, an ineffective mindset commonly seen in system perspectives.

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The Past and Future of Black Co-ops: A Conversation with Jessica Gordon Nembhard

NonProfit Quarterly

The United States had CLUSA (which is now NCBA CLUSA: National Cooperative Business Association Cooperative League of the USA). And how important it is to counteract this notion that we do economics for our private gain, so we can connect around economic issues in a way that is really for the common good and raise all of us up.

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Coleading as an Act of Rebellion

NonProfit Quarterly

I can bring in my upbringing, cultural experiences, and everyday lived experiences as a Black woman when I am working to organize Black women around poverty, economic issues, maternal health, and working with Black women from different backgrounds.

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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

And they’re not looking for a nonprofit grantmaking vehicle; they’re looking for ways to invest in, say, businesses that will sustain not only their immediate family but an entire community, because of threats that their families are facing—whether political threats or climate or economic issues.

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Can CDFIs Rein in Capitalist Excess?

NonProfit Quarterly

Last month, the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s leading community development financial institution (CDFI) trade association, held its first in-person national conference in three years in New York City. Chuck Matthei, CDFI movement cofounder, 1985. It was a sold-out affair, attracting a record attendance of over 2,000 people.

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