Jeree Thomas

Apr 3, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Steve Dubb |Isaiah Thompson |Jeree Thomas |Rebekah Barber

In San Antonio in February 2024, more than 300 attendees—including folks from nonprofits, foundations, faith-based institutions, impact investors, and entrepreneurs of color—came together for an event sponsored by a group called Neighborhood Economics. What is neighborhood economics?

Mar 13, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Meredith Klenkel |Isaiah Thompson |Jeree Thomas

This article concludes NPQ’s series, The Vision for Black Lives: An Economic Justice Agenda. Co-produced with the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), this series examines the many ways that M4BL and its allies are seeking to address the economic policy challenges that lie at the intersection of the struggle for racial and economic justice.

Nov 7, 2023 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson |Jeree Thomas |Francisco Perez |Sarah Wang |Francisco Pérez

The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation.

Oct 30, 2023 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Chidinma Iwu |Aiko Schaefer |Alvaro Sanchez |Jeree Thomas

Since time immemorial, Indigenous people and the natural world have had a reciprocal relationship. Many Indigenous communities hold a cultural value of safeguarding the natural environment, and in return these resources nourish and nurture them. But climate change is altering this balance.