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Brandon Dennison: ‘People, planet, profit, in that order’
A social enterprise in Huntington, West Virginia, focuses on the dignity of its workers while seeding the green economy and helping strengthen Appalachia.
WonderSpace gives families something to smile about
An indoor play experience expands options for a community with a high rate of childhood poverty.
Link to author Shari Finnell
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Shari Finnell
Journalist
Jonathan Brooks: How engaged is your church in your neighborhood?
A free online quiz offered by the Parish Collective helps congregations discern their current level of engagement in their communities and offers resources to deepen that connection, says the organization’s board chair.
Russell Pierce: Affordable housing is part of a more just world
Facing rapid gentrification and expanding needs, the nonprofit Housing for New Hope adapts and innovates to work with people who need shelter, says its executive director.
A dying church's gift inspires a young congregation to help people experiencing homelessness
When asked to use its building and property to shelter women and families, Salt House Church said yes.
Link to author Julia Duin
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Julia Duin
Journalist
La Cocina VA sets a table for training and workforce development
A nonprofit’s partnership with two Virginia churches offers a model for collaboration between faith-based and community-based organizations.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
A white, progressive pastor reflects on the anti-racism work ahead
In the 1960s and ’70s, the work of justice for white people looked like writing letters, joining marches and signing petitions. But the work ahead is focused on economic justice as well as building relationships, writes a Baptist pastor emeritus.
Link to author Mel Williams
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Mel Williams
Activist & Baptist pastor emeritus
A nonprofit promotes justice by creating employee-owned enterprises and industrial cooperatives
Inspired in part by Catholic social teachings, The Industrial Commons seeks to create “an inclusive economy rooted in community and dignity.”
Link to author Yonat Shimron
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Yonat Shimron
Journalist
H Spees: Cities are a gift from God. We ought to care for them as such.
The director of housing and homeless services for the city of Fresno speaks on what faith has taught him about urban development work.
Created in and bearing the image of God
One year after the Atlanta spa shootings, a writer reflects on the fear it engendered — and why that fear is not going away.
Link to author Kathy Khang
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Kathy Khang
Writer and speaker
