Banking has changed in the 40 years since the CRA was enacted, and so has the ways communities and banks interact. To preserve the CRA’s goals, maybe it’s time to reframe the law.
In Minneapolis and St. Paul, Nexus, a funding intermediary, was attracted to the idea of “community wealth building”—that is, using common ownership of land and business to build wealth. But Nexus decided that the approach could only be effective if grounded in the cultures of the communities it serves.
A single director of development not working for your organization? This extraordinary webinar provides a bird’s-eye view of how a successful nonprofit “culture of philanthropy” works. Come listen to Jeanne Bell and representatives from two social justice nonprofits describe their keys to fundraising success.
This week, Tennessee lawmakers withdrew funding for the Memphis’ bicentennial celebration as punishment for the city’s removal of two Confederate statues from a public park without the legislature’s approval. But residents of the city, who supported the removal in the first place, have largely replaced the money through crowdfunding, exerting ownership over their own history.
The loss of the once high-flying but now defunct Families for Excellent Schools may not have been so hard on its nonprofit colleagues.
This cultural change project regarding tobacco use involves a powerful collaboration of eleven American Indian nations, local nonprofits, and the Minnesota state government.
The planning that went into Memphis’s dramatic act of reconciliation on Wednesday was careful, strategic, driven by the public, and relatively swift. As a result, two Confederate statues will no longer loom over the city on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death. Thank you, Memphis, for sending us all into the holidays with an act of conscience and hope.
Indigenous nations have led efforts to halt further pipeline expansion and bring attention to the threat of climate change. The Secwepemc are taking a further step.
Historically, unions and co-ops were once part of a common movement, but they have drifted apart over the decades. Now, driven by increased economic instability, they appear to be coming back together. Earlier this month in Cincinnati, over 150 advocates of union-affiliated, worker co-ops gathered to discuss strategy, plan next steps, and launch a national organization.
The key to low-income communities and communities of color weathering climate change in the US South is tied to building ownership of resources, especially land and power, according to a new National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy report.
