This article was originally published by NPQ Online on July 23, 2025, https://nonprofitquarterly.org/restoring-our-capacities-how-an-asset-lens-can-serve-movements-today/. Used with permission. “What do we want? Asset-based community development! When do we want it? Now!” That is a chant that I am pretty sure has never been uttered at a rally anywhere. Nonetheless, many movement activists, knowingly or otherwise, depend on asset-based The post Restoring our capacities: How an asset lens ...| Shareable
As the US faces historic cuts to the social safety net, local economic alternatives can meet basic needs and provide opportunities to organize for a better future. This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. As people across the United States face massive cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other vital programs, many are asking: What happens The post Why we need a solidarity economy now appeared first on Shareable.| Shareable
While a few green shoots are beginning to sprout, social cooperatives, also known as social co-ops, are still a relatively new concept to many Americans. That means their special characteristics, as we find them in the countries where they operate, are not yet well understood here in the U.S. If we take the definition offered The post Social Co-ops: An innovative solution to our social care crisis? appeared first on Shareable.| Shareable
A key reason that so many social and ecological pathologies persist, despite strenuous efforts to solve them, is the narrow frame for solving them. Our political culture sees capitalist markets and growth as the only serious vehicles for progressive change. When private property, corporate profitmaking, and the commodification of nature are seen as sacrosanct, the The post The liberating power of the Commonsverse appeared first on Shareable.| Shareable