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This month's new developments include: 

• The Collaborative welcomes Marjorie Kelly to our staff as a Senior Fellow and Director of Advisory Services.
• We organized the first strategy workshop of the Next System Project, an initiative co-chaired by Democracy Collaborative co-founder Gar Alperovitz and prominent environmentalist Gus Speth.
• The Anchor Dashboard encourages conversations about how to measure the impact of an anchor mission for low-income communities in a Federal Reserve audioconference, Governing magazine, and in Rooflines: The Shelterforce Blog.
  
• Democracy Collaborative co-founder Gar Alperovitz appeared on Russia Today’s Breaking the Set to discuss his new book, What Then Must We Do?.
• Gar Alperovitz Reflects on Dr. King's Economic Justice Challenge
• Video Showcases Anchor Dashboard for Measuring Community Impact
• Report Explores Green Economies as Drivers of Community Wealth
• Worker Co-op Launched in Springfield, Massachusetts
• International Survery Counts 2.9 Million Worker Co-op Member-Owners
• Municipal Enterprises Create Jobs and Promote Sustainability
• The Maine Employee Ownership Network
• Asset Building Policy Network

This month’s new developments, include:

• Our Anchor Dashboard paper, designed to help institutions assess the long-term impact of their economic development activities, was featured in a presentation at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of University Partnerships, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Redefining “Rust Belt” four-city videoconference, The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities’ annual conference, the Municipal Arts Society Summit for New York City, and at the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City’s Inner City Economic Summit in Cleveland.
• Community Wealth Building Key to Democratizing the Economy
• C-W Interview: Reverend Barry Randolph
• Book Explores Equitable Solutions to Global Environmental Challenges
• New Series Investigates Community Wealth Building Inititatives Across the Nation
• Growing Opportunities to Invest Directly in Communities Builds Local Economies
• Collaboration Between Anchor Instituions and Food Hubs Supports Local Food Economies
• Center for Environmental Transformation
• Cincinatti Union Cooperative

This month’s new developments include:

• The release of The Democracy Collaborative’s latest paper and online tool The Anchor Dashboard: Aligning Institutional Practices to Meet Low-Income Community Needs, and companion research report Achieving the Anchor Promise: Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children, Families and Communities
• The Democacy Collaborative convened our first gathering of Native American community development leaders in a “Learning/Action Laboratory for Community Wealth Building” supported by the Northwest Area Foundation
• Gar Alperovitz presented a keynote address at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Management
• The Capital Institute released video highlights from a symposium entitled “Beyond Sustainability: The Road to Regenerative Capitalism”
• Paper Provides Guide to Protecting Financial Resources for Older Adults
  
• Journal of Higher Educations Highlights Anchor Institution Movement
  
• Inclusive Capitalism Improves Worker Well-being While Addressing Economnic Disparity
  
• Broadband Access Promotes Local Economic Development
  
• European Federation of Employee Shared Ownership
  
• Pear Energy
  

Welcome to our July www.Community-Wealth.org newsletter. We celebrate the 237^th anniversary of the American Revolution with a number of new developments:

• The Democracy Collaborative and the Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC) will host a webinar on July 19 at 1pm presenting the findings of our jointly published report Raising Student Voices: Student Action for University Community Investment
  
• Ted Howard spoke at a St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank event, entitled “Exploring Innovation in Community Development”
• We continued our work to help expand the conversation on how hospitals as anchor institutions can improve the physical and economic health of their communities
• Democracy Collaborative co-founder Gar Alperovitz continues his book tour for What Then Must We Do?
• CW Interview: Kate Sofis
  
• Paper Reviews Existing Knowledge of Anchor Institutions
  
• Financial Cooperaties Are a Credible Alternative to Mainstream Banks
  
• Study Shows that Working Renters Bear the Brunt of Housing Cost Burdens
  
• Documentary Film Highlights Local Approaches to Creating a New Economy
  
• The Community Toolbox
  
• Responsible Endowments Coalition