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Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

NonProfit Quarterly

Since most universities are nonprofit or publicly owned, by law, they must be community-serving. Central to Harkavys visionand that of most conference participantsis the idea that democracy must begin at home and its home is the neighborly community.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. Conservative politicians and business lobbyists wielded labor law to suppress union activity, such as making boycotts and solidarity strikes illegal.