Convening, Recruiting, and Connecting People Who Repair Local Economies
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 […]
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 […]
CategoriesAccess to Capital Racial Wealth GapPhoto by Mikelya Fournier on Unsplash There is a custom in our town. If you want a BIPOC person, especially one leading a nonprofit, to address your club, church coffee hour, or other group interested in learning more about the issues related to economic justice they are working on, you pay them an honorarium of […]
When we held the transform conference a couple of years ago, we decided we would not focus on regenerative agriculture and forestry, though that, as has been shown, was the largest market opportunity; it’s been growing at an accelerating rate. At our core, however, we, the founders of SOCAP, realized that we care about, and […]
CategoriesRacial Wealth GapThis is a story of how systems change. In this case, the power shifted because a Black entrepreneur asserted his power against the thoughtlessly oppressive credit card and banking fee system. He started a fund to help Black and brown sole proprietors become job creators, and this created the room for the system to shift, […]
