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Since 2018, the Dream Exchange has been raising funds from do-gooders across the country to create a public marketplace for minority-owned businesses.

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Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · 10d

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The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · 11d

If you truly want to support minority-owned businesses, invest in those you know, trust, and love in your own backyard. It’s really that simple. mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/scamming-s...

Scamming Social Change

Since 2018, the Dream Exchange has been raising funds from do-gooders across the country to create a public marketplace for minority-owned businesses.

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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social · 18d

Why Choose Indie Local? It Fuels Neighborhood Job Creation 💸🌱

Independent retailers create more jobs per sales dollar than chain competitors or online giants.

When you shop and invest your dollars, choose locally owned and independent businesses!

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The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · 11d

If you truly want to support minority-owned businesses, invest in those you know, trust, and love in your own backyard. It’s really that simple. mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/scamming-s...

Scamming Social Change

Twin Threats to Local News (And Where's Local Opinion?)

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · 16d

Twin Threats to Local News (And Where's Local Opinion?) mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/twin-threa...

As PBS stations lose funding for local broadcast journalism, they'll air a new documentary about the demise of local print journalism

Housing Cooperatives: The Better Abundance Agenda

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · 25d

Sometimes it’s better to unleash many small things, in many places, led by many different groups, each sensitive to the needs of the affected communities. Read the latest MSJ: mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/housing-co...

I’m still working my way through Ezra Klein’s and Derek Thompson’s book Abundance, which urges liberals to embrace a world where they do “big things.” If we want more housing, for example, we need to ...

Local Business Networks: Not Dead Yet

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Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · 26d

If your community thinking about organizing better support of local biz to strengthen the local economy, now is the time to read this great interview with Vicki's friend and colleague, Kimber Lanning of Local First Arizona. In big cities, small towns, rural communities, local prosperity is possible!

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fifteen years ago, local business networks were spreading like wildfire across the country. But now... mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/local-busi...

Fifteen years ago, local business networks were spreading like wildfire across the country. Now...

August is Eat Indie Local Month

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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social · Aug 22

How can we invest more of our dollars into our local and regional food systems? Does your community help individuals invest in local food and farms? If so, we’d love to hear more. chooseindielocal.substack.com/p/invest-in-...

Invest in Local Food

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Local Business Networks: Not Dead Yet

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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social · Aug 25

"I believe that unique, independent businesses create a culture that connects people to their hometown and makes them feel connected to each other and to their place."

Fifteen years ago, local business networks were spreading like wildfire across the country. Now...

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Local Business Networks: Not Dead Yet

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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you, Local Return, for renewing your AMIBA Membership and for building community wealth in Rhode Island: buff.ly/3OilmHf @localreturn.bsky.social

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The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fifteen years ago, local business networks were spreading like wildfire across the country. But now... mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/local-busi...

Fifteen years ago, local business networks were spreading like wildfire across the country. Now...

The “killer app” approach kills local innovation and optimization

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Aug 21

One Size Fits None: Time for an Entrepreneurial Revolution mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/a-matter-o...

A Matter of Scale

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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social · Aug 12

“Our urine contains things that crops need: water, of course, but also urea, a nitrogen compound that’s used as a plant fertilizer, plus phosphorus, potassium, and other nutrients.” ~ Paul Spinrad, Decent Tuesdays buff.ly/iTzqGtC

Celebrity Moves the Overton Window

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Attention philanthropy in our attention economy mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/celebrity-...

Attention philanthropy in our attention economy

How The Front Porch Enriches Vermont

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

How The Front Porch Enriches Vermont mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/how-the-fr... @frontporchforum.bsky.social

For 25 years, Michael and Valerie Wood-Lewis have developed a local online network in Vermont called Front Porch Forum (FPF).

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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social · Aug 11

Black Gold: The Power of Compost chooseindielocal.substack.com/p/start-with...

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Shelterforce @shelterforce.bsky.social · Aug 10

Counting down to #NationalNonprofitDay!

This week we’re celebrating the people & purpose behind Shelterforce—an award-winning publication that uses journalism to inspire, inform & hold accountable those working for just, thriving communities.

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#HousingJustice #Shelterforce

Human urine rises to the next level as an agricultural resource

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Aug 7

Golden Opportunity: Human urine rises to the next level as an agricultural resource mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/golden-opp...

Golden Opportunity

Resisting Authoritarianism: How to Activate Civil Society’s Pillars of Support - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

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Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · Aug 5

From @npquarterly.bsky.social Resisting Authoritarianism: How to Activate Civil Society’s Pillars of Support - nonprofitquarterly.org/resisting-au...

Can authoritarianism be stopped? Five sectors play critical roles in answering that question and help civil society better uphold democracy.

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Vicki Pozzebon On The Prime Opportunity For Local Businesses To Initiate Grassroots Social Impact — Impact Boom | Purpose-Driven Intermediary Helping Changemakers Create Positive Social Impact

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Prospera Partners @prosperapartners.org · Aug 6

On Ep 477 of Impact Boom, @vickipozzebon.bsky.social discussed why local businesses are key to creating grassroots change & generating sustainable outcomes — a belief that drives our work! It's been a year since this aired, the topics are more relevant than ever.
www.impactboom.org/blog/2024/04...

On Episode 477 of Impact Boom, Vicki Pozzebon of Prospera Partners discusses why local businesses are key to creating grassroots change and generating sustainable outcomes for communities through prac...

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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social · Aug 6

We’re celebrating National Farmers Market Week, August 3 - 9! Are you, too? Give a shout-out to a market near you!

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The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Jul 25

“Not for Sale,” argues Oscar Perry Abello, is the new rallying cry for neighborhoods around the country reclaiming their economies and their futures. mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/no-se-vende @nextcity.org

No Se Vende!

“Not for Sale,” argues Oscar Perry Abello, is the new rallying cry for neighborhoods around the country reclaiming their economies and their futures.

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American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) @theamiba.bsky.social · Jul 23

Think of all the indie locals (independent and locally owned businesses) in your community. Who keeps you and your loved one happy and healthy? Give them a shout-out today! chooseindielocal.substack.com/p/choose-ind...

Making a Name for Ourselves

The Main Street Journal @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social · Jul 23

Making a Name for Ourselves: Consciousness-raising through terminology alignment mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/making-a-n...

Consciousness-raising through terminology alignment