Proximate Investing

An editorial series exploring the state of participatory investing in the United States.

Traditional finance is grounded on distance. Financial institutions have a profound distance from the communities that their decisions affect.

In this series, Proximate will explore what happens when that distance closes – through participatory investing, trust-based finance, and other forms of community-controlled capital.

We’ll follow these efforts through reporting, perspectives, and partnerships that explore ins and outs of shifting power in the economy.

You can learn more about the series here. Sign up for updates or pitch us your ideas at hello@proximate.press.

Participation In Practice • Place-based stories of participatory investing in practice

Laying the Foundation • The larger context: history, policy and culture

Proximate is an independent media platform covering movements for participatory problem-solving. We look at the news through the lens of money: how it’s given away, how it’s invested, and how it’s distributed by government.
We are a fiscally sponsored project of Movement Strategy Center.

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