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2024-2025 Community Capital Live Series
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Nicole Vitello of Equal Exchange, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal hosted a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders from around the country. Running the show was Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace. Together, they will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Co-sponsors included The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha.
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Community Capital Live: Christina Jennings of Shared Capital Cooperative
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Christina Jennings, Executive Director of Shared Capital Cooperative. Shared Capital’s mission is to build a just, equitable, and democratic economy by investing in cooperative enterprise in the United States.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund.
Community Capital Live: Bernel Hall of New Jersey Community Capital
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Bernel Hall, President and CEO of New Jersey Community Capital. NJCC is guided by a comprehensive and holistic approach to neighborhood revitalization that expands opportunities, builds upon existing community assets, improves individual and community health and well-being, and promotes economic growth to ensure that underserved communities thrive.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund.
Community Capital Live: Havell Rodrigues of New Majority Capital
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Havell Rodrigues, CEO and Managing Partner of New Majority Capital. NMC is working on creating a better financial future by increasing the number of underrepresented business owners.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund.
Community Capital Live: Kathleen Paylor of RSF Social Investment Fund
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Kathleen Paylor, Vice President of Impact Investing and Philanthropy with the RSF Social Investment Fund. Their mission is to catalyze transformation by circulating capital to social enterprises for a more just, regenerative, and compassionate world.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund.
Community Capital Live: Adriana Abizadeh of Kensington Corridor Trust
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Adriana Abizadeh, Executive Director of the Kensington Corridor Trust. The KCT fosters the equitable economic revitalization of a commercial corridor and its surrounding neighborhood through local partnerships, strategic programming, and an innovative approach to moving real estate assets out of the speculative private market.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund.
Community Capital Live: Lyneir Richardson of Chicago TREND
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Lyneir Richardson, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Chicago TREND. They work to catalyze and accelerate strategic commercial development that strengthens urban neighborhoods, with a focus on communities of color.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund.
Community Capital Live: Jake Ide of VT Community Loan Fund
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Jake Ide, Director of Investment & Philanthropy with the Vermont Community Loan Fund. VCLF is a diversified alternative lender, Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and impact investment fund that empowers Vermont-loving “Main Street investors” to invest in social, economic, and racial justice throughout the Green Mountain State.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund.
Community Capital Live: Jay Nwachu of Ignite Capital
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Jay Nwachu, President and CEO of Ignite Capital. Ignite Capital’s mission is to invigorate Baltimore's social enterprises located in communities with a history of economic exclusion.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund. Learn more about the series here.
Community Capital Live: Nia Evans of The Ujima Fund
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Nia Evans, Executive Director of Boston Ujima Project, home to the Ujima Fund. The Ujima Fund is a democratic investment vehicle raising capital to finance small businesses, real estate, and infrastructure projects in Boston’s working-class Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color as part of the larger Boston Ujima Project.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund.
Community Capital Live: Hannah Sobel and John Waite of PVGrows Investment Fund
This Community Capital Live interview features Hannah Sobel, Program Manager of PVGrows Investment Fund, and John Waite, Executive Director of Franklin County Community Development Corporation. Together, they work to strengthen the local food economy — more vibrant farm and food businesses, more local jobs, and more access to healthy food in the Pioneer Valley (MA).
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund. Learn more about the series here.
Community Capital Live: Micha Josephy and Josie Shagwert of Cooperative Fund of the Northeast
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Micha Josephy, Executive Director, and Josie Shagwert, Capital and Culture Manager of Cooperative Fund of the Northeast (CFNE). CFNE works for economic, social, and racial justice by advancing community-based, cooperative, and democratically owned or managed enterprises with a preference for assisting cooperatives in low-income communities.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund. Learn more about the series here.
Community Capital Live: Olivia Watkins of Black Farmer Fund
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Olivia Watkins, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Black Farmer Fund. The fund’s mission is to nurture black community wealth and health by investing in black agricultural systems in the Northeast.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund. Learn more about the series here.
Community Capital Live: Betty Francisco and Aliana Piñeiro of Boston Impact Initiative
Our next Community Capital Live interview features Betty Francisco, CEO, and Aliana Piñeiro, Impact Director of Boston Impact Initiative (BII), a nonprofit impact investing fund focused on economic and racial justice. Their mission: Transform the impact investing field so that economic and racial justice become integral to any place-based investment strategy.
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders nationwide. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund. Learn more about the series here.
Community Capital Live: Lisa Nutter of Community Impact Investments
Kevin Jones of Neighborhood Economics, Stephanie Swepson Twitty and Jazmin Rogers of Eagle Market Streets, and Michael Shuman of The Main Street Journal will host a twice-monthly interview series with community investment fund leaders from around the country. They will help decode the DNA of different designs, enabling you and your community to replicate them.
Our next interview features Lisa Nutter, the founder and managing partner of Community Impact Investments, a venture philanthropy and impact-first fund that provides local leaders and social entrepreneurs with the coaching and capital necessary to scale effective community-based solutions that address economic mobility.
Running the show is Joel Skene, whose Mindful Marketplace is already introducing local investment concepts to thousands of listeners. Co-sponsors include The Main Street Journal, Neighborhood Economics, American Independent Business Alliance, and ImpactAlpha. Data from each show will ultimately feed a public wiki to help you build support for your own community’s fund. Learn more about the series here.