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  • Black farming projects look to recoup historical U.S. land losses

    June 17, 2022 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund is helping Black farmers buy land. More than $200,000 have gone toward urban land purchases in a practice some see as “restorative economics." Black land activists are also purchasing land in rural communities across the United States.

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  • Laughing Bear Bakery has a recipe for a fresh start out of prison

    May 11, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    At her non-profit business Laughing Bear Bakery, retired chaplain Kalen McAllister hires only those with a criminal record and offers them a chance at employment, gaining work experience, and rebuilding their lives.

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  • A Night Market Creates Opportunity for Black Communities

    May 03, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    An evening market in Nashville provides a location for local Black business owners to sell goods and gain exposure.

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  • Jailed for a crime she didn't commit, Dreama Caldwell is now taking on the system

    April 20, 2022 |

    The Real News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Alamance County, North Carolina

    Community organizers are leading grassroots efforts for racial and economic justice in North Carolina. Dreama Caldwell is working with the Down Home North Carolina group to engage with local residents, participate in political races, counteract misinformation, and build “a political platform that emphasizes multiracial and cross-class solidarity.”

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  • Athens Area Diaper Bank

    April 20, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The Athens Area Diaper Bank provides infant supplies to over twenty organizations that distribute goods directly to families. Since its inception it has supplied over half a million diapers throughout the local community.

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  • Philadelphia explores heirs' property solutions to boost generational wealth

    April 08, 2022 |

    The Post and Courier |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Tangled Title Fund is helping qualified homeowners overcome logistical barriers that prevent them from being the clear owners of their home. Legal issues that result from unclear deeds can sabotage the benefits associated with home ownership, such as economic mobility. The initiative prevents the racial wealth gap from growing even wider by keeping generational wealth in Black families and communities.

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  • Cooperatively Owned Builder Sees Affordable Housing, Climate Action in ‘Granny Flats'

    March 03, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Evanston, Illinois

    A building cooperative is changing local zoning laws and building small houses known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the suburbs of Chicago. The efforts support economic equity by increasing the supply of housing in a community where housing and rental prices have been on the rise. ADUs also produce smaller carbon footprints, making them a sustainable housing option.

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  • A new fund seeks to close the racial wealth gap by helping Black families buy homes in metro Denver

    February 23, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Black families that make less than $140,000 a year can qualify for down payment assistance to purchase a home in Denver. The Deerfield for Black Wealth is attempting to close the racial wealth gap that has remained pervasive due to a lack of generational wealth. Owning real estate creates housing stability as well as an increase in family wealth and opportunity, which leads to economic mobility.

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  • California Gives a Big Boost to Corner Stores that Sell Fresh Produce

    February 22, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, the state's Healthy Grant Refrigeration Program is enabling corner stores and small markets with means for refrigeration and distribution channels so they can offer fresh food to residents in their communities who otherwise do not have access to it.

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  • Could modular housing be a quick fix for the affordability crisis?

    February 22, 2022 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, Cambridge, Ontario

    Ontario’s lack of housing supply has inspired the construction of modular housing: repurposed shipping containers that people now call home. Shipping containers can be converted into homes faster than traditional homes can be built. The approach is saving time and is meant to eventually bring down the soaring cost of housing.

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