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LA Wildfires: How You Can Help

Bloomerang

The Salvation Army : The Salvation Army is providing shelter, food, emotional support, and other vital services to those displaced by the fires. Help communities rebuild California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Relief Fund : This fund supports a range of needs, including shelter, food, financial assistance, and rebuilding efforts.

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Detroit People’s Food Co-op: How to Advance Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Steve Dubb Food is the cover story. Malik Kenyatta Yakini, Up & Coming Food Co-op C onference panel September 15, 2023 There is a wave of food co-ops opening in majority-Black communities, as NPQ has covered. But organizing a food co-op is not easy. The first step was starting a monthly food-buying club.

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Setting a Co-op Table for Food Justice in Louisville

NonProfit Quarterly

We are under pressure to meet agreed-upon timelines for site preparation, store design, permitting, and construction. Construction is anticipated to start in the third quarter of 2023. And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. But we are getting there.

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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

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Ep185: The Story Behind Big Lots' $50 Million Gift to Nationwide Children's Hospital

Selfish Giving

Big Lots will support Nationwide Children’s new behavioral health expansion, including the construction of a treatment and research center on the hospital's main campus. How Big Lots support for Nationwide Children's went from a few pallets of food to a $50 million donation. Never Miss a Show - Sign up for Email Updates.

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NPOs Consistently Better Than For-Profits on Jobs

The NonProfit Times

The steepest employment decline occurred in accommodation and food services, a sector largely made up of for-profit businesses. Job losses during the recession were most pronounced in industries with relatively few nonprofits, such as construction and manufacturing. percent in nonprofits. Nonprofit employment jumped 5.5%

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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

The Long Beach program was promoted through city email lists, job fairs, college employment services and community links (one nonprofit placed multi-language leaflets in food bank packages, for example). But some takeaways already seem clear: People want regional alternatives to gig work apps. Next Steps Other regions are planning pilots.