Community Ownership and Self-Determination
URBAN INSTITUTE,
MAY 2025
Case Studies from Atlanta, Boston, Lisjan Territory, and New Orleans
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Impact Investing Isn’t Dead
NEXTCITY
APRIL 2025
ESG is under threat, but racial equity and cooperative investments are still raising millions to finance their mission-driven projects.
Civil rights-era idea spurs new, affordable homes
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
AUGUST, 2024
Black farmers in rural Georgia formed a trust in the 1960s to buy land; today, community groups use the model to fight gentrification in Atlanta
Loeb Fellowship Announces the Class of 2025
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
MAY, 2024
Nikishka Iyengar, founder and CEO of The Guild is named a 2025 Loeb Fellow
Priced Out of Housing, Communities Take Development Into Their Own Hands
THE NEW YORK TIMES
MAY 13, 2024
Across the country, neighborhood groups are uniting to fund mixed-use developments that meet housing and business demands, giving locals a place to live, work and learn new skills.
JEI Journeys: Nikishka Iyengar modeling community-owned and -directed development
Just Economy Institute
February 5, 2024
For this post, we interviewed Nikishka Iyengar, founder & CEO of The Guild, about prioritizing collective wellbeing, a model for community ownership and the importance of self-care when engaging with collective trauma.