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& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
28 March 2021
United States
Text
Under 800 Words
16-year-old Maayan Segal and her father launched Queeng, a deck of cards that represents gender equality and includes a range of racial and cultural identities. The first iteration sold over 50,000 decks but was re-de...
16 March 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Gen Z VCs supports early-career and aspiring venture capitalists who want to become angel investors. The group was founded in November 2020, after the Securities and Exchange Commission loosened the rules about who ca...
10 March 2021
Bangladesh
Text
800-1500 Words
Bangladesh has made huge strides in reducing poverty by investing in women experiencing the most economic hardships. As a result, children have lower rates of malnutrition, fewer child marriages, higher rates of compl...
6 March 2021
Stockton, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
A guaranteed income pilot program in Stockton increased full-time employment rates amongst recipients. Cash payments provided “the stability they needed to set goals, take risks, and find new jobs.” In addition to emp...
5 March 2021
Stockton, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A guaranteed income pilot program in Stockton increased full-time employment rates amongst recipients. Cash payments improved mental health and gave participants the stability, bandwidth, and time to apply and intervi...
3 March 2021
Stockton, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A pilot project provided residents who made less than the median income in Stockton, California, with monthly cash payments. The extra money helped recipients secure employment, avoid housing instability, handle unexp...
22 February 2021
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Guaranteed income pilot programs have created a crucial safety net, especially for women of color who have experienced poverty disproportionately after the onset of the pandemic. The once-fringe idea has gained popula...
15 February 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A long-running fund in Philadelphia has been able to help struggling small-business owners in the city since 1854. The Merchant Fund has been able to provide 67 businesses with $307,000 in grants since the onset of th...
Yes! Magazine
Iris Crawford
10 February 2021
Georgia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Two climate coalitions led by BIPOC have strengthened their communities by empowering diverse stakeholders to address social inequities. The coalitions are engaging and centering the voices of Black, Indigenous and pe...
9 February 2021
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A collective of artists in Seattle bought real estate for a community center with the help of city funding. Known as Black and Tan Hall, the space drew funding and sweat equity from community members who sought a safe...
9 February 2021
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A new model for community-owned real estate is attempting to bridge the racial wealth gap and build neighborhood wealth in Atlanta. Instead of watching prime real estate go to investors who would hold onto the buildin...
4 February 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Universal Basic Income programs around the country have demonstrated the effectiveness of distributing cash to people who are economically struggling. Philadelphia distributed $1.7 million through the Worker Relief Fu...
4 February 2021
New Delhi, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Because of internet shutdowns, six friends created a bilingual newspaper to document and record the farmer protests in India. Thousands of farmers have been protesting for weeks about the government’s new agricultural...
28 January 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Cooperatives are getting the funding they need through a “nationwide network of loans funds and incubators that specialize in supporting and investing in cooperative businesses.” Coops lack access to traditional fundi...
28 January 2021
Nairobi, Kenya
Text
800-1500 Words
Initiatives set up by NGOs and private-public partnerships aim to make innovation possible around the world and support sustainability entrepreneurs in countries that often don’t have access to those opportunities. Th...
26 January 2021
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A worker-owned cooperative in Baltimore is giving employees an “alternative to exploitation in traditionally-structured enterprises.” Employees at Taharka Brothers can eventually qualify for ownership, which enables t...
25 January 2021
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A real estate investor has led the charge in creating a Housing Impact Fund in Charlotte, NC, to preserve affordable housing. The housing it seeks to preserve is not considered public housing but it does serve those w...
24 January 2021
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Inmates to Entrepreneurs has graduated 1 million people from its eight-week program that teaches incarcerated people how to start their own low-capital businesses. An extension of a free online entrepreneurship course...
CityLab
Brentin Mock
15 January 2021
Oakland, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A program in Oakland, California, is helping Black women-owned companies survive the economic downturn since the onset of the pandemic. Known as Runway, the financial innovation firm provides $1,000 a month without an...
8 January 2021
Wichita, Kansas, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A handful of entrepreneurial individuals in Kansas have found success in starting businesses during the pandemic by leveraging customer needs and pandemic relief funding. Although this business plan isn't "foolproof,"...
4 January 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Universal Basic Income is gaining popularity across the United States where 11 cities in 2021 are either extending or piloting new programs that provide cash payments without any conditions on how to spend the money. ...
30 December 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Corner Store Campaign alleviates food insecurity in Chicago by providing fresh produce and supplies to customers who frequent the neighborhood establishments - typically in places that are more likely to be food d...
24 December 2020
Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A community currency was introduced to boost the local economy in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts. $133,000 worth of BerkShares, as the currency is known, are in circulation and accepted by small businesses in ...
17 December 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Yard sharing is the latest urban agriculture trend enabling city dwellers to enjoy home-grown produce whether or not they have the space, time, or expertise to grow everything they want. Crop Swap LA is also starting ...
9 December 2020
Long Beach, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Nationally and historically, faculty of color have been underrepresented at most universities. At California State University Long Beach, the president proposed the “diversity training initiative,” in order to hire ...
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