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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Extensive research shows that public policy can shape economic outcomes. The public can demand economic policies that benefit the broader population. A key question becomes: What kind of economic policies should the public demand? Wealth is a fundamental measure of stability and opportunity.

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Remaking the Economy: A Policy Vision from the Movement for Black Lives

NonProfit Quarterly

Amara Enyia is director for policy and research at the Movement for Black Lives , based in Chicago. Rosemary Ndubuizu is assistant professor of African American studies at Georgetown University and a volunteer organizer with ONE-DC , based in Washington, DC. How can public policy compensate for the damage done?

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How to Build a Just and Effective Public Sector Workforce System

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Desola Lanre-Ologun on Unsplash Recent worker polling confirms that even in a low-unemployment economy, workers feel vulnerableand they feel that public policy does not serve them, including the nations system of workforce development. So, where do we go from here?

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Co-op Federation Seeks to Shift Worker Co-op Movement into a Passing Gear

NonProfit Quarterly

Worker co-ops are businesses owned and governed by their employees. In Chicago, speakers surveyed the growth of the past 20 years while setting forth goals to bring worker co-ops fully into the economic mainstream through movement infrastructure, public policy, and culture building.

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How to Interrupt the Public Funds to Private Profits Pipeline: A California Story

NonProfit Quarterly

This happens daily when local governments park public funds in banks. Public funds amounting to billions of dollars are turned into private profits for services using your assets. The Peoples Money for the Peoples Needs What difference could a public bank make? It turns out, quite a lot.

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2023 State of the Mid-South Nonprofit Sector Report Now Available

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

This report provides in-depth information for three focus areas including organizational leadership, organizational capacity, and public policy and advocacy. A widely-held belief by nonprofit leaders that public policy has minimal to no effect on their organizations and operations. Demand continues to rise.

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Mid-South Nonprofit Conference Announces Keynote Speaker

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Xavier served as the lead of the Social Innovation and Philanthropy strategy in the University of Chicago's Office of Civic Engagement, managed multi-million dollar philanthropic portfolios to stimulate employment through the United Way of Metro Chicago, & worked as a nonprofit Director of Development in Chicago’s North Lawndale community.