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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. He named his initiative Sekem and created a conglomerate of organizations that today enable a broad range of economic, social, educational, and cultural activities in a beautiful and safe environment.

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Coleading as an Act of Rebellion

NonProfit Quarterly

As leaders of varied ages, generational influences, gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and cultural heritages are in the workforce, we grapple with honoring our authentic selves while conforming to a collective framework that effectively serves all. We are all connected; our actions impact ourselves and the collective whole.

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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

The purpose, the whole point, is to legitimize it—to be able to make it visible and put it in the context of the culture of giving and how that looks for people of color. IL: There’s nothing wrong with it. Part of what we’re doing is trying to shine a light on what the experience of being donors of color is like.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

RR: The book is based on your discovery that everyone’s “economic issues are also emotional ones.” But there was also a cultural shift, including a constant drive of competition and consumption that accompanied those economic policies. How is suffering at the hand of market forces a ubiquitous but uneven phenomenon?