How can a community self-organize and build its capacity to act on its own behalf? A story from Richmond, CA, illustrates why bottom-up organizing is so powerful.
Restoring Agency, Redefining Development in Richmond, CA
How MediaJustice Is Leading Communities to Push Back Against AI Data Centers
Artificial intelligence is touted as the innovation for the future, but poses significant risk to the health of our communities. MediaJustice advocates for communities nationwide to push back against AI data center expansion.
Reclaiming the Spaces that Once Confined Women Against Their Will
In Montgomery, AL, an artist seeks to reclaim the history of enslaved Black women who were subjected to brutal medical experimentation in the name of science.
How to Use Art Spaces to Build Civic and Political Power
Many nonprofit arts groups have latent political power that they can leverage to advance their missions. It all starts with the physical spaces that organizations like museums and theaters occupy.
Standing Up for Food Justice in a Time of Fear: Pandemic Reflections
When the pandemic came, members of a food pantry in Brooklyn had to make a choice: Shelter in place or expand distribution as safely as possible. We chose the latter.
If Farm School NYC Closes, What Will the City Lose?
Federal funding cuts are putting urban agriculture education at risk.
A Community Land Trust Movement Rises in New York City: Leadership Lessons
How can housing and land justice be achieved in New York City? A community land ownership movement is gaining strength—and making a difference.
How to Keep an Anti-Profiteering Law from Undermining Civil Rights Today
The False Claims Act, passed during the administration of Abraham Lincoln to limit profiteering, is today being weaponized to limit nonprofits. Here’s how to respond.
This Giving Season, Nonprofits Should Address the Chill in the Air
This holiday season isn’t just about giving. It’s also the time to speak up about the importance of protecting civil society from the chilling effect of anti-democratic government abuses.
Living Within the Fight: A Conversation with Jara Butler
Political strategist Jara Butler reflects on Black women leaders in the South who have inspired her to think about freedom as a goal—one that with appropriate focus, strategy, and tactics can be realized in community.
How Worksite Outreach Can Protect Immigrants
Information is key to keeping immigrant families together. In the face of ICE raids, Los Angeles nonprofits and businesses came together to support immigrant communities.
A Lakota Matriarch Offers Perspective on the Long Struggle for LandBack
In a podcast conversation with NDN Collective leader Nick Tilsen, movement matriarch Madonna Thunder Hawk situates the call for LANDBACK in the history of Indigenous resistance.