Convening, Recruiting, and Connecting People Who Repair Local Economies
Kevin Jones The Neighborhood Economics model of bringing a national focus to local issues was in high focus in Jackson, Mississippi at our April conference. I want to tell you about one of the most exciting things that came out of our conference. Because of white flight and the city’s problems, developers had stopped building […]
Dave Kresta After spending the morning touring the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson on a recent Sunday morning, I was in an understandably somber mood. I was shocked out of my disgust and confusion when later that afternoon I attended the Working Together Jackson “Refounding Convention,” where over 500 energized and engaged community leaders […]
CategoriesUncategorizedPaula Garrett My 92-year-old mother grew up celebrating Juneteenth. She is a Texan, and she says that she learned about it in school. She was taught the history of it, the fact that it took two years for the news to get from Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation all the way to Galveston, TX. As a young […]
By Shonda Allen Economic, educational, and social institutions are not thought to be the traditional primary drivers of moral civility in the south. The wheelhouse that, arguably, should be driving moral/human civility is religious institutions – The CHURCH. But it is not. In fact, it has been the opposite. Ingrained in the DNA of the […]
By Paula Garrett “It’s Been A Long Time Coming. But I Know A Change Is Gonna Come” — Mississippian Sam Cooke Sam Cooke, the “King of Soul,” is known for his Chicago-style music, but he is actually from Clarksdale in the Mississippi Delta. He left Mississippi with his family as a child. He and hundreds […]
CategoriesAccess to Capital Racial Wealth GapAs we are building toward Neighborhood Economics: Jackson, the emerging theme is this: creating assets to bridge the racial wealth gap. A big part of that focus will be on new innovative funds enabling sole proprietors to become job creators and to become eligible for the loans they cannot access now. Another focus will be […]
If you want to make a difference in the world, it just got easier and simpler to do. With the launch of the Economic Justice marketplace in North Carolina, people can give to bridge the racial wealth gap. Everybody can do this; white people can begin to repair economic injustices. For a donation of as […]
CategoriesUncategorizedNeighborhood Economics will convene the people who are investing in communities in a way that bridges the racial wealth gap in Jackson, Mississippi in early May. We bring capital to the people and places that don’t normally get it. Neighborhood Economics has shown it is able to bring together three funding streams that don’t typically […]
CategoriesAccess to Capital Catalytic Capital Church Assets in Transition Faith + Finance Faith on Main Street Lining Up Endowments with Missions Local Economic Policy Local Mission-Guided Investing Neighborhood Investment Trust Ownership Matters Racial Wealth GapFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Neighborhood EconomicsAnna Golladayanna@faithfinance.netwww.neighborhoodeconomics.org Barber Joins Neighborhood Economics to Help Get Money Into the Hands of People Who Don’t Normally Get It (Asheville, North Carolina; Portland, Oregon – September 29, 2022) Leroy Barber, co-founder and president of the Voices Project, has been appointed Executive Director of Neighborhood Economics, effective October 1, 2022. Neighborhood […]
CategoriesCatalytic Capital Racial Wealth GapDerek Peebles has a clear vision of what he wants to accomplish leading Cincinnati’s Common Good Collective. “We want to create Black wealth in our community,” said the 30-something African American who also leads Amiba, a national association of independent businesses. Nationally, the average white family has $140,000 and the average Black family has $14,000 […]
