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The Next Generation of Mutualism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The capital markets that can invest in social enterprise are chaotic and low-impact. The problem is that both the political left and right in the last 35 years have enacted policies that prevent the next generation from building mutualist enterprises. The right only promotes competitive market solutions to solve for human needs.

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Making Food Systems Work for People of Color: Six Action Steps

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address. This work is worth supporting.

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Diaspora Philanthropy 3.0

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For example, many state and local governments in India have shown great interest in scaling up innovations developed by NGOs , which stretches each donated dollar. On the periphery of the traditional philanthropic sector described above are social enterprises and impact investing in India that benefit from growing diaspora involvement.

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Co-ops and Solidarity: Reflections from Barcelona

NonProfit Quarterly

Over the course of our trip, we visited locations across Spain, but here we focus on Barcelona’s Sants neighborhood, a post-industrial working-class community, due to its unique co-op legacy, the community’s social fabric, and its infrastructure and governance. Food co-ops were set up in food deserts.

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How to Advance a Regenerative Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

To transform our economy, we need to network, learn, ideate, iterate, and resource the work together as nonprofits, for-profits, community leaders and members, philanthropic institutions, governments, donors, and investors. Chui approached Baskerville to see if she could take food scraps from the restaurants, and the idea for R2G was born.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Kahi is the CEO and founder of Eat Offbeat, a refugee-driven food company that delivers meals conceived and prepared by refugees. Corporate promises of “partnership” and leveraging their buying power from social enterprises can also be elusive. Manal Kahi told us she had a similar experience.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. When families lack the income for food, transport, school fees, uniforms, and essentials like menstrual products, girls are the first to drop out of school.