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Closing racial wealth gaps with community land trustsĀ 

Candid

Paul, Minnesota, and Memphis, Tennessee, are exploring community and trusts supports an expanded approach to making homeownership accessible. Memphis is doing something similar in its Orange Mound neighborhood. Two are looking specifically at one viable strategy for doing so: community land trusts.

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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: Meaningful Thank Yous, Hooking Readers, and Asking For It.

Connection Cafe

There’s no place like home, and no amount of heel-clicking can take me back to Memphis, TN on the days I miss it most. On Friday alone, there were 78,000 tweets and 10,000 photos shared of him. They’re a reminder of what I’m missing as I’m venturing out on my own. Drama and all. And we talked.

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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: Pinterest Marketing, Compelling Bios, and 3 Guesses

Connection Cafe

I flew to Memphis Thursday morning with a suitcase filled with sweaters and boots. On Hubspot’s blog they list the 10 Nonprofits That are Totally Nailing Pinterest Marketing to inspire your organization to leverage the photo-sharing site to grow support. Ended up in 45 minutes worth of traffic. I chose wrong.

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#bbcon Just Took Over Austin, TX| Day 1 Recap

Connection Cafe

This story was really about Mrs. Grady, the librarian at his school, who not only knew he was sneaking out books and let it slide but would drive to Memphis, some miles away, and buy more books, with her own money, by the same author in the hope that this young, troubled boy would continue to go down this new and alternate path.

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