community economy

How three women are collecting support around community-based support, the growing homelessness issue, and criminal justice reform

Minnesota Women’s Press is launching the #EcolutionCollective, a new co-created weekly news series that looks at the “eco” — a Greek word for house, habitat, and environment. Who is engaged in collectively building a stronger ecosystem and economy for people and planet?

As publisher and editor of the Minnesota Women’s Press platform, I ask our readers: Help us find and share — in virtual forums, in our magazine pages — the stories about community-based economies, green cooperatives, and women-led innovations that are working to truly correct our inequities.

At the mid-March 2018 ConnectUp! MN summit, investors and entrepreneurs in marginalized communities talked about funding opportunities. Equity crowdfunding, for-profit grants, and impact investing were part of