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  • Can Employee Ownership Preserve Legacy Businesses in Communities of Color?

    July 15, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    As gentrification has flourished and Baby Boomers age out of the workforce, “legacy businesses” struggle to find a way to maintain a presence in communities of color. In response, a multi-city fellowship called Shared Equity in Economic Development (SEED) was developed to educate business owners on transferring ownership to the employees to ensure its future. Four cities—Philadelphia, Atlanta, Durham, and Miami— paired three city employees with one community member to work together over a two year period to leave the city with “clear plans, clear roles and good foundations for future business conversions."

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  • When Green Infrastructure Is an Anti-Poverty Strategy

    July 08, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    In many low-income neighborhoods, new green infrastructure elements and green spaces signal the beginnings of gentrification. A coalition in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon is drawing on grassroots leadership, leadership development and job training programs, and culturally-specific green infrastructure construction to fight displacement and ensure that the current residents can benefit from the sustainability and livability improvements they make to their neighborhood.

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  • A Worker Cooperative and a Community Land Trust Bought a Building Together

    June 18, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Cooperative ownership provides an avenue through which local nonprofit organizations and businesses can retain ownership of real estate. In Oakland, California, the Oakland Community Land Trust uses federal grants and donations to then acquire and retain ownership of commercial and residential properties. In cases where funds offered by the Trust or from crowdfunded donations are not sufficient, as with the Hasta Nuerte worker owned co-op coffee shop, offering up equity in the venture to private investors can help raise capital.

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  • How West Oakland Financed Its Own Grocery Store

    May 30, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Public investment campaigns can raise capital and attract larger institutional investors. In the neighborhood of West Oakland, the Community Foods Market opened its doors by raising funds through a Direct Public Offering (DPO). In addition to using traditional grant funding and so-called “angel” investors, the Community Foods Market turned community members into investors, giving them partial ownership of their local grocery store.

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  • The Cities Funding Legal Defense for Immigrants

    May 21, 2019 |

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    As the struggles of refugees and immigrants drudges on, a number of cities across the US are gathering funding for their legal defense. One strategy, a legal counsel program called New York Family Immigrant Unity Project, has proven so successful that it now has 19 other counties in states like Colorado and Georgia participating in their network. Beyond that, these public defense projects often comprise of both public and private dollars and are all working for the right (not guaranteed by the US Constitution) to have access to legal counsel during immigration proceedings.

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  • How Rapid-Response Exhibits Are Changing the Way Museums Engage Their Communities

    May 15, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Creating and deploying exhibitions in response to real-time events can allow museums to play a larger role in community engagement and education. By developing so-called rapid-response exhibits, museums can respond more effectively to contemporary issues. The exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, I AM A CHILD, employs this approach to the crisis of human rights surrounding US child separation policies for Immigration and Customs, while the K(NO)W JUSTICE, K(NO)W PEACE exhibit focuses on responses to police violence in Charlottesville, North Carolina.

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  • Offering Childcare at City Meetings May Be Key to Diversifying Civic Engagement

    May 08, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    Research shows that city council meetings are dominated by older, male and longtime residents. One Mayor is trying to change that. Under the leadership of mayor of Svante Myrick, in Ithaca New York, the city council began to offer childcare during city council meetings. “We don’t think anyone else has done it.’ People are using it, and some are even hailing it for it’s inclusionary nature. “Now we’re starting to see new people at meetings. People are using the childcare service.”

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  • Incarcerated Men Write the Stories of Wall City

    April 29, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Quentin, California

    Partnerships between those incarcerated and volunteers from the outside are crucial. Collaborations—such as the one between the Wall City magazine, the UC Berkeley, and the San Quentin Journalism Guild—make it possible for those incarcerated to have a voice. The publication of the newspaper not only informs discourse, it also serves as a way to help rehabilitate and reengage those behind bars.

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  • Paying and Scraping in Pursuit of Zero Waste

    April 22, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) is a model that charges residents of a given city for the trash they throw away, aiming to spur people to decrease the amount of waste they dispose. Acting like a utility payment, this model has been successfully implemented in a handful of cities, even decreasing trash by half in Worcester, Massachusetts. Some cities have even aimed for zero waste by adding in composting programs - though there’s still a long way to go.

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  • 'The Journey to Trust Is Long'

    April 08, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Sheriffs' offices can provide resources and encourage underserved communities and communities struck hard by disinvestment to grow their civic capacity. In Alameda County, California, the county sheriff’s office operates a non-profit organization, the Deputy Sheriff’s Activities League (DSAL). The non-profit champions a model of community engagement known as community capital policing, hosting community events and programs in Ashland and Cherryland.

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