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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). The other thing I think I mentioned in the new preface is that with the environmental crisis we are in, we are struggling to keep our planet livable. And luckily there were materials.

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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. And so, that’s an example.