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Puerto Rican Advocates Pursue Community Control of Renewable Energy

NonProfit Quarterly

Public Policy: A Hit and a Miss Are the lessons of Hurricanes Maria and Fiona being taken to heart? Officially, it is now public policy in Puerto Rico to move to 100 percent renewable power by 2050 (with intermediary goals of 40 percent renewable power by 2025—that is, a year from now—and 60 percent by 2040).

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More Than Just a Structure: The Myriad Impacts of Black Women’s Exclusion from Homeownership

NonProfit Quarterly

There is also a significant racial gap in benefits for Black people who do manage to overcome structural barriers to homeownership. According to recent research , due to racism within the real estate market, the median value of Black real estate assets in the US is about 60 percent of the value of white real estate assets.

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From Owing to Owning: How Communities Can Control Commercial Land

NonProfit Quarterly

The complex is modest, but it houses an estimated 27 primarily immigrant-led small businesses and nonprofits. A nonprofit, the East Portland Community Investment Trust , serves as the owner and lead manager and developer of the property, and for a monthly subscription fee of $10 to $100, nearby residents can become owners themselves.

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Leading Together for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States. They drive change through networks and relationships, and use the power and influence that emerges.

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What’s Next for CDFIs? The Challenge and Opportunity of Place

NonProfit Quarterly

In these turbulent times, many leaders of the nations growing network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs)which now collectively manage $468 billion in assets, a 615 percent increase over the past decadehave high hopes. The hub model seeks to manage a community development finance ecosystem, which involves more than CDFIs.

Finance 105
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Homeless, Then Shot by Federal Police

NonProfit Quarterly

Before they were living in two campers on federal public land, the Roberts family shared an apartment in Emmett, ID, where Judy Roberts worked in a factory. Years of reporting has documented the rise of families living on public land. Bad Public Policy “[Criminalization] is bad public policy.”

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How Dollar Store Kudzu Consumes Local Economies—And What to Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

But to respond effectively, it is important to understand dollar stores’ growing importance, how communities are responding, and how public policy might better support community-based businesses. Or, what if that person doesn’t own a car and wants to avoid the time and expense of a cab, car share, or public transit? Quite a bit.

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