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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. Some focus on political education, others on business skills, and yet others on working in specific sectors, such as food.

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Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

NonProfit Quarterly

The Netter Center, Harkavy noted, seeks to solve problems and improve quality of life of proximate communities, thereby benefiting the community and supporting the teaching and research missions of the university. As Johnson elaborated, the only real expense the first year was for food on family dinner nights.

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the children most at risk of lead exposure are under six years of age and can come in contact with lead through chipping paint in older homes, imported food or cosmetics, drinking water from lead plumbing or pipes, and even the soil around older buildings or roads.

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The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

NonProfit Quarterly

And as nonprofits moved away from their member-driven and member-funded mutual aid and organizing roots, they took on a hierarchical structure modeled after corporate culture, became dependent on grants from foundations/government, and became run by “expert” staff to provide services or lead advocacy efforts.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

The federal government and its welfare state programs—often known as the New Deal, and including federal programs and reforms such as Social Security and the Works Progress Administration, were forged in the world-historical political events of the first half of the 20th century and the rise of a powerful labor movement.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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