article thumbnail

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. A Call for Entrepreneurship Many entrepreneurs choose health care as a venue for innovation because it is one of the sectors where one can do well by doing good. Elisa isn’t alone.

Health 130
article thumbnail

What Would an Economy That Loved Black People Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Policies that have routinely prevented Black communities from building generational wealth, like redlining and denying Black people mortgage loans and insurance, persist and are reflected in the massive racial wealth gap we’re still seeing today. It takes long-term, non-extractive, reparative investments.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

National Gathering Looks to Address Root Causes of Inequality

NonProfit Quarterly

As Young laments, “by declining to directly consider race in bank evaluations under the CRA, the regulators haven’t maximized their opportunity to turn the tide on racial homeownership, entrepreneurship, and wealth gaps.” Flying Blind in Small Business Data “Flying blind.”

Finance 116
article thumbnail

¡Adelante! A Latinx Community Organizes to Generate Community Wealth

NonProfit Quarterly

This vision is reflected in how we conduct our entrepreneurship trainings. Addressing Community Challenges through Business Immigrant business owners across the United States face many challenges.

article thumbnail

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.,

Ethics 122