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PUBLICATION: OWNING OUR FUTURE AFTER COVID-19


DEFINING COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING




WHAT IS COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING?

Key overviews of a growing field


VIDEO: WHAT IS COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING?


PUBLICATION: AN INDIGENOUS APPROACH TO COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING: A LAKOTA
TRANSLATION


PUBLICATION: OWNING THE FUTURE: AFTER COVID-19, A NEW ERA OF COMMUNITY WEALTH
BUILDING




DEMOCRATIC OWNERSHIP

Building community wealth with co-ops, worker co-ops, and employee ownership.


PUBLICATION: EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP: A TRIPLE WIN SOLUTION

This one-pager from the Democracy at Work Institute and the National Urban
League provides a succinct summary of the benefits that employee ownership
provides to employees, businesses, and local economies. Noting that the number
of minority-owned businesses is increasing but that many of these businesses
lack a succession plan, the info sheet highlights the opportunity to help these
businesses convert to employee ownership to retain jobs and stabilize
communities.

Read More...


PUBLICATION: TAKING EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP TO SCALE: LEARNING + DESIGN SESSION

Featured publication: What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?
Michelle Chen The Nation
Featured publication: Becoming Employee Owned: A Small Business Toolkit for
Transitioning to Employee Ownership

Featured blog post: The Evergreen Cooperatives Launch The Fund for Employee
Ownership



COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

What works with CDC's, community land trusts, and other cross-sectoral efforts.


PUBLICATION: COMMUNITY CONTROL OF LAND AND HOUSING: EXPLORING STRATEGIES FOR
COMBATING DISPLACEMENT, EXPANDING OWNERSHIP, AND BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH

A historical legacy of displacement and exclusion, firmly rooted in racism and
discriminatory public policy, has fundamentally restricted access to land and
housing and shaped ownership dynamics, particularly for people of color and
low-income communities. Today, many communities across the country are facing
new threats of instability, unaffordability, disempowerment, and displacement
due to various economic, demographic, and cultural changes that are putting
increased pressure on land and housing resources.

Read More...


THE CLEVELAND MODEL—HOW THE EVERGREEN COOPERATIVES ARE BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH

Featured publication: Educate and Empower: Tools For Building Community Wealth
Keane Bhatt and Steve Dubb
Featured blog post: Infographic: The Impact of Community Development
Corporations Featured blog post: A St. Louis organization goes above and beyond
providing homes for communities



COMMUNITY WEALTH INTERVIEWS

Conversations with leading community wealth builders


ELANDRIA WILLIAMS


AARON TANAKA


MICHAEL SHUMAN




ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS

Hospitals, universities, and other anchor institutions as drivers of more
equitable and sustainable local economies.


PUBLICATION: THE ANCHOR MISSION PLAYBOOK

Anchor institutions can play a key role in helping the low-income communities
they serve by better aligning their institutional resources—like hiring,
purchasing, investment, and volunteer base—with the needs of those of
communities. The recommendations in this “playbook,” drawn from research carried
out to help Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) align around its Anchor
Mission, are being published to help other hospitals and health systems
accelerate their own efforts to drive institutional alignment with community
needs.

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PUBLICATION: HIGHER EDUCATION’S ANCHOR MISSION: MEASURING PLACE-BASED ENGAGEMENT

Featured publication: Cleveland’s Greater University Circle Initiative: An
Anchor-Based Strategy for Change
Walter Wright, Kathryn W. Hexter and Nick Downer
Featured publication: Hospitals Can Invest In Their Communities By Buying
Locally
Paige Minemyer
Featured publication: How Hospitals Can Help Heal Communities
Ted Howard and Tyler Norris Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco



COMMUNITY FINANCE

Driving investment in an equitable economy with CDFI's and impact investing.


FEATURED FROM THE DIRECTORY: LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND

Since the group's founding in the mid-1980s, LIIF has provided capital and
technical assistance totaling $1.5 billion, which in turn leveraged an
additional $6 billion, broadening economic opportunity for 1.7 million people.
LIIF's investments helped to create 174,000 units of low income and special
needs housing, 243,000 childcare spaces, and 72,000 educational facilities.

Read More...


INFOGRAPHIC: IMPACT OF CDFIS

Featured blog post: Community Foundations in Pacific Northwest Expand Impact
through Collective Impact Investing Featured publication: Raising Capital from
the Community: Alternative Capital Development through Crowdfunding
Jessica Leigh
Featured publication: Community Foundations Pursue Impact Investments to Build
Local Economies
Catherine Covington The Chronicle of Philanthropy



COMMUNITY WEALTH CITIES

Profiles of local community wealth ecosystems


SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA


ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO


ATLANTA, GEORGIA




ECOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

Building stronger local food systems, creating green jobs, and reclaiming the
commons.


PUBLICATION: BUILDING RESILIENCY THROUGH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE: A COMMUNITY
WEALTH BUILDING APPROACH

How investments in the green infrastructure needed for climate resiliency can be
leveraged to build community wealth with worker cooperatives and social
enteprises.

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PUBLICATION: ENERGY, DEMOCRACY, COMMUNITY

Featured from the directory: Fifth Season Cooperative Featured publication: East
Bay Community Choice Energy
Seth Baruch and Al Weinrub
Featured blog post: Community Groups Tackle Racialized Food System Inequality



STATE AND LOCAL INNOVATION

Highlighting transformative state and local policies, including municipal
enterprises, transit-oriented development, and local investment strategies.


PUBLICATION: ROCHESTER MAYOR: INVESTING IN CO-OPS BUILDS “STAIRWAY OUT OF
POVERTY”

> The city of Rochester, with Mayor Lovely Warren at the helm and supported by
> partners and allies across New York State and beyond, has hatched a plan to
> tap into at least that much to help level the economic playing field for
> Rochester’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. “It’s about being able to give
> employees an opportunity to have ownership and to build wealth within their
> own communities,” says Warren. The plan consists of supporting the creation or
> growth of cooperatively owned businesses located primarily in the city’s most
> distressed neighborhoods...

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MUNICIPAL LEADERS SHARE VISIONS FOR CITIES THAT BUILD COMMUNITY WEALTH

Featured blog post: State legislatures attacking community wealth building
Featured publication: Field Guide: The Future of Health is Local
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) Business Alliance for Local
Living Economies
Featured publication: Policies for Community Wealth Building: Leveraging State
and Local Resources
The Democracy Collaborative



COMMUNITY WEALTH VIDEOS

Films for education and advocacy


VIDEO: POLICYLINK'S ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL ON SYSTEMIC RACISM


VIDEO: THE CLEVELAND MODEL: HOW THE EVERGREEN COOPERATIVES BUILD COMMUNITY
WEALTH


VIDEO: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2014 JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING
ROUNDTABLE




SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

Innovative business development through nonprofit social enterprise.


SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS: FORGET EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT RAISING CAPITAL

When you hear the word “investor,” what do you picture?

When I ask most people this question, they describe a white man in a suit (or,
if in Silicon Valley, maybe khakis and a button down shirt) in a fancy office
spending every work day combing through pitch decks, executive summaries, and
due diligence and barking tough questions at terrified entrepreneurs.

Read More...


PUBLICATION: IMPACT TO LAST: LESSONS FROM THE FRONT LINES OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

Featured from the directory: Fresh Start Catering (DC Central Kitchen) Featured
publication: Capturing the Imagination of Future Social Entrepreneurs: A Robust
University Based Anchor Institution-led Development Model
Sherman Kreiner USFWC Effective Practices Project
Featured publication: The Architecture of Enterprise: Redesigning Ownership for
a Great Transition
Marjorie Kelly The Good Society



ASSET STRATEGIES

Increasing the assets of low-income communities with wealth building, wealth
preservation, and supporting policies.


PUBLICATION: FLEXIBLE SAVINGS: THE MISSING FOUNDATION FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY AND
ECONOMIC MOBILITY

Flexible savings allow families to manage unexpected financial emergencies and
ultimately help families build long-term financial security. However, as this
new report from the New America Asset Building Program highlights, flexible
savings opportunities are limited, prompting many low-income families to take
out payday loans or to incur financial penalties for early withdrawals from
their tax-preferred accounts. The authors make several recommendations to
broaden the offering of financial services and policies that both permit
short-term use and help build assets in the long term.

Read More...


PUBLICATION: BUILDING CREDIT WHERE IT’S NEEDED: WHY WORKFORCE PROGRAMS SHOULD
FOCUS ON CREDIT

Featured blog post: How a credit union is increasing access to affordable,
responsible financial services Featured publication: Building an Equitable Tax
Code: A Primer for Advocates
Lewis Brown Jr. and Heather McCulloch
Featured from the directory: Center for Responsible Lending



INTERNATIONAL INSPIRATION

Best practices and models from outside the United States.


WORKER CO-OPS GAIN FOOTHOLD IN CUBA

At the end of 2012, the Cuban government approved a law that permitted for the
first time the formation of non-agricultural co-ops.

Read More...


SEIKATSU CLUB CONSUMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE UNION

Featured blog post: Building Community Wealth across the Pond Featured video:
Videos Outline Mondragón Worker Cooperative Model Featured publication: The
Worker Co-operative Movements in Italy, Mondragon and France: Context, Success
Factors and Lessons
Hazel Corcoran and David Wilson

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