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Community Development Must Center Power Building: A San Francisco Story

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Matt Briney on unsplash.com This is the second article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ).

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Gumbo for the Struggle: Recipes of Liberation from the Cultural Kitchen

NonProfit Quarterly

The cultural sector is actively seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. This article concludes the series, “ Remember the Future: Culture and Systems Change ,” which is co-produced by Art.coop and NPQ. And, of course, providing for people’s artistic and cultural needs is a core part of building a thriving community economy as well.

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Preserving Cambodia Town: How A Refugee Community Has Organized Itself

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Ian Nicole Reambonanza on Unsplash This is the fourth article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America, coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ). How does a refugee community organize itself?

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How to Help People of Color Become Homeowners: Data from Philadelphia

NonProfit Quarterly

The city reversed that trajectory in the 1990s, partly through a tax abatement program that encouraged the conversion of commercial space to residences and by investing in arts and culture. Understanding the nature of the capital that is moving into neighborhoodsto whom it is flowing and with what effectis therefore critical.

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Co-op Federation Seeks to Shift Worker Co-op Movement into a Passing Gear

NonProfit Quarterly

In Chicago, speakers surveyed the growth of the past 20 years while setting forth goals to bring worker co-ops fully into the economic mainstream through movement infrastructure, public policy, and culture building. The law authorizes $50 million over five years to create a new Employee Ownership Initiative.

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How to Eliminate the Myth of Meritocracy and Build the World We Deserve

NonProfit Quarterly

The myth of American meritocracy is not merely an occasional story; it is upheld daily by social systems, structures, and cultural narratives. The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws.

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Organizing for Fair Wages and Fair Treatment in a Nonprofit

NonProfit Quarterly

Five years ago, I found myself working at a midsized community development nonprofit. We sought a modest but meaningful wage increase, the hiring of additional staff to balance workloads, and regular town hall meetings with leadership to foster transparency and open communication.