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Towards Thriving: Building a Movement for Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

This article introduces Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level. These communities still live under food apartheid.

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Beer for a Cause Aids Family of Fallen Firefighter

Selfish Giving

“There’s more poverty on the island than people realize,” said Hughes. For Watch City Brewing Company , the priority is making a difference first, but the benefits of cause marketing are clear. ” Watch City is a great example of how cause marketing is trickling down to local businesses.

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Book Review: Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding

Selfish Giving

You know from reading my blog that I’m a local, transactional cause marketer. And through the years I’ve grappled with how nonprofits can shift to truly transformative cause marketing. I really admire the food bank for the courage it took to admit that things weren’t working and the cause needed a change.

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Organizing a Community Around Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

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Top 5 Words to Avoid to Achieve Messaging Awesomeness

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Last week on the main Nonprofit Marketing Guide site (you are reading the blog now), I published an article called, “ Blah, Blah, Blah: What to Do When You Write Too Much. ” In today’s guest post, Erica Mills of Claxon Marketing takes it to the next step by showing how specific words can actually debilitate your messaging.

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Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for October 2020

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Metaphor of the Month. This month’s metaphor is Sports. Think about teams, teaming up, scoring, winning, losing, competition, practice, game face, slam dunk, heavy hitting, goal, touchdown, three strikes, penalty, take aim, best shot, marathon, sore loser, pros, A-game.

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