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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Governments and their policies in far off places can affect food supply or the spread of disease at home and can go further to impact elections, social policy, and even violent conflicts with loss of life.

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National Gathering Looks to Address Root Causes of Inequality

NonProfit Quarterly

The conference brings together hundreds of community activists, government officials, and bank community development officers. These maps continued to govern bank lending until the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. This year’s event was easily the group’s largest since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What Would an Economy That Loved Black People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

They also continue to face discrimination, and exclusion from government programs, loans, and subsidies. In the rural South , Black farmers have historically experienced—and continue to experience—a lack of access to agricultural resources and credit. This result is the loss of farmland and restricted opportunities for economic growth.

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¡Adelante! A Latinx Community Organizes to Generate Community Wealth

NonProfit Quarterly

There is direct support provided by government agencies and foundations who are working with Adelante to promote culturally responsive information and equitable bilingual access to Latinx entrepreneurs. This vision is reflected in how we conduct our entrepreneurship trainings. This work, however, cannot be done alone.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Through his entrepreneurship and philanthropy, Rowan demonstrated any number of virtues—humility, integrity, diligence, trust, generosity, compassion, and justice—and the college was subsequently renamed Rowan University in his honor, not at his request. The younger of two sons, George Lindemann, Jr.,

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