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The Black Immigrant Women Who Bought a Minneapolis Mall

Oscar Perry Abello

February 20, 2024 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ignite Business Women Investment Group and the nonprofit African Career, Education & Resources Inc. (ACER) are working together to raise funds to collectively acquire commercial real estate for members of the group and other small businesses — particularly those owned by African immigrants — in the community. Joint efforts allowed members to acquire and revitalize an old strip mall, providing retail space for local small business owners.

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New cannabis dispensaries bring Sacramento closer to reaching social equity goals

Ken Magri

January 29, 2024 |

The Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Sacramento’s Cannabis Opportunity and Racial Equity program is helping people who were adversely affected by discrimination during America’s war on drugs to start businesses in the regulated cannabis industry. Qualifying entrepreneurs receive wraparound support including funding and small-business education. So far, 10 dispensary licenses have been awarded to participants.

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Cooperative Ways to Weather the Silver Tsunami

Jaisal Noor

December 07, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Worker cooperatives, which are worker-owned and democratically operated, are spreading across the United States as a response to the large number of baby-boomer-owned businesses closing with no succession plan. Baltimore’s Common Ground Cafe is an example of staff, the community, and a local cooperative incubator coming together to do just that.

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The Initiative Enabling Nigerian Farmers To Grow And Earn More

Nathaniel Bivan

September 15, 2023 |

HumAngle |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kubau, Kaduna

Babban Gona is an agriculture company that helps smallholder farmers in Nigeria produce bigger yields and increase their incomes. The company offers training, fertilizer, herbicides, and seeds in exchange for some of the farmer’s harvest. When the produce sells, the farmers get some of the profit and a bonus if it sells for more than expected.

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Why money, education and tolerance are needed in California's upcoming ban of gas blowers

Mathew Miranda

September 07, 2023 |

Sacramento Bee |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

As a part of its journey to 100% clean energy, California is banning the sale of gas-powered landscaping equipment in 2024. The ban has done little to transition landscapers to electric tools. They cite the need for clients to understand that the tools might not leave a yard immaculate, better battery-powered options, and funding assistance as more helpful steps for the transition to electric.

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How tax credits and social finance are building a healthy future for Nova Scotians

Diane Bérard

July 24, 2023 |

Future of Good |

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Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

Novia Scotia, Canada, created community economic development investment funds with a 35% tax credit to investors to help small businesses that need capital but don’t qualify for bank loans. The cooperative FarmWorks brings together investors and farmers using this funding method to provide loans that will directly support the local food network.

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In South Sudan, official brutality sparks all-women business exhibition

Richard Sultan

June 26, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: South Sudan, Juba

A group of female entrepreneurs created a market for other enterprising women who can’t afford to pay standard shop and licensing fees to access a safe place to sell their wares. The group connects women to train them in entrepreneurship, provide networking opportunities and inform people about the market and upcoming events via social media to drive more customers to the marketplace.

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This Push Group Promotes Social Media Skills Among SMEs

Phillip Anjorin

June 22, 2023 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The BrandTell Nigeria Business Group is a WhatsApp group that provides daily interactive sessions on building online brand visibility to business owners with little to no online presence. Those subscribed to the group also have access to online tools for bookkeeping, graphic design and content creation to help grow their business.

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What Ohio's Co-op Evangelists Learned From Spain's Thriving Union Co-op Network

Cinnamon Janzer

June 21, 2023 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

Modeled after Spain’s Mondragon, an organization that helps develop cooperatively-owned businesses, Co-op Cincy is a nonprofit incubator helping businesses in Cincinnati, Ohio, do the same. The organization runs an educational course to teach teams everything they need to know, provides access to loans, and has ongoing technical assistance for its co-ops.

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NH nonprofit helps develop, promote gender-affirming spaces

James Rinker

June 16, 2023 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

The Affirming Spaces Project (ASP) helps local businesses create more affirming spaces for transgender and nonbinary employees and customers by providing training on topics like gender identity, pronoun use and how to use affirming language. Businesses that complete training get added to ASP’s database of affirming businesses and receive a decal to place in their storefront window. The database currently has more than 60 local businesses and organizations listed.

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