Movement Strategy Center

✨MSC's Donor Advised Fund (DAF) program allows you to activate resources in partnership with a powerful ecosystem of activists, change agents, and capital innovators to build community wealth and power for leaders on the frontlines of racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice movements. Whether you're planning to spend down your fund within a year, sustain giving over time, or both, MSC is here to help you align your philanthropic giving with your vision for equity and justice. Open your #DAF account today and start creating a meaningful change! #JustTransition #DonorAdvisedFund https://lnkd.in/gkQSvcG9

"The most common means of adapting to rising temperatures in most crop-growing regions has been to start working when it's still dark out, or even to shift to a fully overnight schedule." Temps may be lower at night, but what about the physical and mental health effects of the schedule? Grist explores this not-so-straightforward solution at the link below! https://lnkd.in/ggCrQJW5

🎉New blog post!🎉 Check out the fall edition of Community Chronicles: Stories of Solidarity on the Move Blog! Catch up on events, conferences, book releases, and more throughout the MSC ecosystem at the link below! https://lnkd.in/g8AxvzJJ

🎉New blog post!🎉 Our partners at Art.coop recently launched the Remember the Future (RTF) Fellowship and announced their six inaugural fellows! Art.coop provides funding, ideas, and tools to artists, co-ops, and collectives who are actively building a Solidarity Economy. Get to know the fellows and learn more about RTF at the link below! https://lnkd.in/gNNKCV-c

The Venn diagram of who the climate crisis disproportionately affects, and who's underrepresented in the Science, Technology, Math, and Engineering (STEM) fields is basically a circle. Nonprofit Quarterly on the climate crisis, racial disparity, and the need for BIPOC voices in STEM at the link: https://lnkd.in/gBnBuaJp

Our friends Proximate launched just over a year ago with the belief that the most effective solutions to the problems we face must come from those with lived experience; those who are proximate to the issue. Editor-in-Chief Ben Wrobel reflects on all they've accomplished in just 13 months and looks to the future at the link below! https://lnkd.in/guP9rmDt

Section 14 forms the heart of the Agua Caliente Band of the Cahuilla Indian Reservation in Palm Springs, Calif. The Agua Caliente weren't able to develop their land until the 1950s, so landowners leased plots to Black and Latino people who lacked access to housing. Multiple government agencies later evicted Section 14 residents in order to remove "substandard" homes from the area. Last month, the Palm Springs City Council unanimously approved a $5.9 million settlement for displaced families. Click the link for more. https://lnkd.in/gVt8NHcM

Our partners People's Climate Innovation Center (PCIC) recently highlighted their youth programs for Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ)! The piece, which calls attention to the impacts young people can have when properly supported, is part of NPQ's Fall 2024 Digital Issue. What's more exciting than that? The fact that no less than *seven* of PCIC's affiliated youth have featured stories in the issue! You can explore the entire magazine at the link below! #ClimateJustice #TheKidsAreAllRight https://lnkd.in/gty-dTnE

The Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) is run by an all-volunteer team in W. Va. Over the last 20 years, they've mailed over 70,000 books to people in prisons/jails in six states. This month, they published "This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep: Notes from the Appalachian Prison Book Project," a collection of letters and art by incarcerated people. Click the link below for an interview with Lydia Welker, APBP's digital communications coordinator. https://lnkd.in/g7-WtSUW

Organizers from The Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership visited 200+ rural Black communities in the U.S. and were often asked, "how did you find us?" Executive director (and MSC board member) Jacqui Patterson writes of shocking levels of poverty, social justice, and how philanthropic organizations must do better at the link below. https://lnkd.in/gugTvdBs