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When Communities Lead, Violence Falls

A perspective from South Africa on why the solution to violence needs to be rooted in community

Busiswa Dayimani
When Communities Lead, Violence FallsWhen Communities Lead, Violence Falls
An Essential Ingredient to Rebuild Public Media

We're losing the systematic capacity for community-rooted media. Fiscal sponsors can help.

Lina Srivastava
An Essential Ingredient to Rebuild Public MediaAn Essential Ingredient to Rebuild Public Media
How Puerto Rico's Seed Banks Are Boosting Food Sovereignty

Inside the community-led movement safeguarding Puerto Rico’s food systems [with 9 Millones]

Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz
9 Millones
How Puerto Rico's Seed Banks Are Boosting Food SovereigntyHow Puerto Rico's Seed Banks Are Boosting Food Sovereignty
GoFundMe Disrupts the DAF industry – Seeking 13.5% in “Tips”

For-profit enterprise breaks new ground, but will it work with its DAF customers?

Jon Pratt
DAF Reform
GoFundMe Disrupts the DAF industry – Seeking 13.5% in “Tips”GoFundMe Disrupts the DAF industry – Seeking 13.5% in “Tips”
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