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CAJF/ T25: Connect with the CAJF Community in Boston
Continue the conversation after the ARC Fellowship gathering by joining fellow CAJF community members for an informal networking event. Connect with peers, exchange ideas, strengthen relationships, and discuss insights from the ARC Annual Summit while building new...
CAJF Community Connect at NYC Climate Week
Join Collective Action for Just Finance for our New York Community Networking at Climate Week on Monday, September 21, from 3:00pm – 5:00 PM. Connect with fellow members, hear from Jen Astone about CAJF’s programs and learning opportunities, and exchange asks and...
Moving Money to Agroecology Enterprises: An Agroecology Fund of Funds in NYC
You've likely seen the statistics. Agroecology enterprises, so essential to transition our food systems towards climate resilience – both for adaptation and mitigation - are woefully under-capitalized. Their importance goes beyond the economic well-being of farmers...
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Bridging the Gap: An Inside Look at Total Impact Notes
Total Impact Capital is channeling streamlined senior debt capital to high-performing impact funds in emerging markets. We sat down with John Simon at Total Impact Notes to talk about why the fund exists, how it works, and what makes it different. Quick Facts Founding...
De-Risking the Future of Farming: How Guarantees for Regenerative Agriculture Is Rewriting Agricultural Finance
FS6’s Guarantees for Regenerative Agriculture (GRA) is rewriting the rules of agricultural finance, putting loan guarantees and loan performance data to work for the producers and lenders that conventional systems have long overlooked. Quick Facts Founding date: 2024...
We’re Hiring! Executive Assistant (20 hours/week)
Collective Action for Just Finance (CAJF) is excited to announce that we're hiring an Executive Assistant to support our Ecosystem Director with core operational support and fundraising. This is a part-time (20 hours/week) remote position. Compensation is $30/hour....
Unlocking commercial real estate ownership for lower-wealth entrepreneurs
The founders of Partners in Equity (PIE) on why ownership is the missing piece of the wealth-building puzzle. Quick Facts Founding date: 2022 Fund size: $20 million Typical investment: minority equity positions, generally under 20 percent of project cost, often...
Want to Change the World? There’s Nothing to It
Notes from Radical Imaginings: Moving Toward Regenerative Futures What if changing the financial system didn’t start with spreadsheets… but with imagination? That was the question humming through the Radical Imaginings: Moving Toward Regenerative Futures conference...
Worker Ownership in the Care Economy
In an economy that frequently undervalues care work, the Fund for Jobs Worth Owning (FJWO) is doing something unique: investing in home care and child care cooperatives. Caregiving remains one of the most essential yet underinvested sectors in our...
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