A thriving local economy requires local ownership of productive assets so that the wealth created with them is spread broadly and shared by those who create that wealth in the first place. Sarah McKinley tells a Washington state housing conference.

Letter calls on President Biden to “declare a climate emergency” and live up to his campaign promises to protect our environment and mitigate the worst effects of the climate crisis.

Current proposals to “build Black wealth and narrow the racial wealth gap” are superficial repairs to a rotted foundation. What we need is a radical redistribution of economic and political power.

The following statement is issued in reaction to the trial verdict in the death of George Floyd: Today we are relieved that a measure of justice was served in the trial of the Minneapolis police officer in the murder of George Floyd. Yet, as we absorb the verdict of the trial, we still must grapple

Understanding the impact of mistrust on health equity—and putting in place interventions to increase the trustworthiness of healthcare and aging services —has become increasingly urgent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the healthcare systems’ ability to help people make the best decisions for

Resolution by Rep. Ayanna Pressley continues a decades-long movement fight for economic justice For Immediate Release Contact: Isaiah J. Poole, Vice President of Communications; 202-559-1473 ext 3012, ipoole@democracycollaborative.org Washington DC – Following the introduction of the federal jobs

Laura Flanders, Senior Fellow at The Democracy Collaborative, writes in CounterPunch about the tax code and impact of private copyrights when held by democratic Community Boards and organizations dedicated to re-circulating royalties into Black artists and activists. She writes, “Since 1966, the

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health has declared racism a public health crisis, along with 38 other members of the national Healthcare Anchor Network. The national organization said it would double down to address systemic racism within its respective communities. Officials at Dartmouth-Hitchcock say they

RWJBarnabas Health is a member of the Healthcare Anchor Network, a national collaboration of leading health care systems, which published the “Racism is a Public Health Crisis” statement signed by 39 health systems. “Individual, structural and systemic racism has been, and continues to be, a present

Einstein Healthcare Network announced that it was joining 38 other health systems in addressing racism and public health disparities caused by racism. Einstein and its partners in the Healthcare Anchor Network said they are committed to improving primary and specialty care, helping communities

“DC is taking its rightful place in the rising tide of cities who are designing and deploying comprehensive strategies to achieve reparative justice for all Black people in America. Our capacity for paying reparations and living by the ethics of reparative justice will not only provide redress for

HAN member Northwell Health signed onto Healthcare Anchor Network’s statement “It is undeniable: Racism is a public health crisis.” Northwell Health’s to improving health outcomes for vulnerable and underrepresented communities is highlighted in articles on The Island Now, CBS New York, Newsday

LATE LAST MONTH, THE Healthcare Anchor Network, a coalition of more than three dozen health systems in 45 states and Washington, D.C., released a public statement declaring: “It is undeniable: Racism is a public health crisis.” In the wake of the killing of George Floyd in May, many states, cities

Part of the politics are in the conversation because once we start calculating what is owed, we begin to realise that only a complete transformation could accomplish it. For Ron Daniels of the National African American Reparations Commission and Ronald Galvin of the Democracy Collaborative, the

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia joined Healthcare Anchor Network in its statement “It is undeniable: Racism is a public health crisis.” CHOP and other health care systems signed the statement, announcing a commitment to combating racial injustices in health care, and have highlighted this

Thirty-nine health systems across the U.S. declared racism a public health crisis and committed to address healthcare disparities across the nation. The health systems are part of the Healthcare Anchor Network, which was formed in 2016 to collectively work to improve community health. The Healthcare

HAN member Advocate Aurora Health signed onto Healthcare Anchor Network’s statement “It is undeniable: Racism is a public health crisis.” Advocate Aurora’s commitment to better meet the needs of those in their service area by dismantling structural racism in healthcare is highlighted in articles on

Denver Health, along with health institutions that employ over a half-million employees across 45 states and Washington, DC, is committing to take action to address the impact of structural racism in the community. The Healthcare Anchor Network, a national collaboration of leading health care

39 health systems in 45 states and Washington, DC commit to addressing racism and the public health disparities caused by racism.

39 health systems in 45 states and Washington, DC have committed to addressing racism and the public health disparities caused by racism. Read the full statement below or download the PDF. As members and leaders of many healthcare organizations across the nation addressing the disproportionate Black

America owes Black folks. The modern-day prophet Ta-Nahesi Coates, drawing on the wisdom and generations-old fight of Black freedom fighters such as Mother Callie House, James Forman, Randall Robinson, and the Malcolm X grassroots movement, cogently made the case in his seminal article, “The Case

In early July, the Democracy Collaborative, in partnership with the Anchor Collaborative Network, hosted a week-long Community Wealth Summit focused on leading institutions, government agencies and nonprofits in examining the economic recovery through a racial equity and community wealth building

Re-constructing American society with the focus of ensuring that All Black communities are thriving — that centers the perspectives, experience and leadership of Black people — will require a reimagining of the political economy of the country as well. For instance, can capitalism- an economic

The Community Wealth Summit was a week of virtual learning and place-based organizing to rebuild local economies around shared ownership and racial justice that started on July 6, 2020. In the opening session, Ted Howard, the president of The Democracy Collaborative; Dayna Cunningham, executive

The Democracy Collaborative prepared a report, created for the Healthcare Anchor Network, that looked at how racial and ethnic disparities in the economy are showing up in the COVID-19 pandemic and in the public policy response to the pandemic. The report also covers how the economic effects of the pandemic will likely impact racial and ethnic inequality.

The Democracy Collaborative is putting forward a five-point plan for national economic reconstruction and community transformation as the nation faces a once-in-a-generation opening to build a better world.

We add our voices to the growing chorus of those insisting that without justice there can be no peace. This moment causes us to redouble our commitment to the fundamental belief that we must bring about deep systemic change.

Stephanie Gutierrez discusses the community wealth building collaboration between the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation and The Democracy Collaborative. For the Lakota people of the Plains, ‘wealth’ has always meant to live by our virtues in order to have a happy, well-balanced life

The killing of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and the subsequent wave of protests illuminated for a national public the deep racial inequities in greater St. Louis. We sat down with Chris Krehmeyer, head of Beyond Housing, a local community development corporation founded

Keane Bhatt of the Next System Project conducts an interview with historian and economic activist Jessica Gordon Nembhard, which is republished here by Yes! Magazine. Keane Bhatt, The Next System Project: Thank you for speaking with us. I was really excited to talk to you, because it seems that your

Laura Newberry reports from Springfield, MA to highlight a case study shown in Democracy Collaborative’s report, Educate and Empower: Tools for Building Community Wealth: The city’s burgeoning network of worker-owned cooperatives, Wellspring Collaborative, is getting some street cred for its work