Invest in Our Planet This Earth Month and Beyond!

Celebrate Earth Day: Invest in Our Planet 🌍

description for upper manhattan bookstore crawl. April 19th through April 25th

¡Celebra con nosotros el Día de las Librerías Independientes! Desde el domingo 19 hasta el sábado 25 de abril, consigue un sello por cada compra en cada librería participante.

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#UpperManhattanBookstoreCrawl 2026
Celebrate with us for Indie Bookstore Day!

Starting Sun, April 19th through Sat, April 25th, visit participating stores and pick up a stamp card. Receive a stamp by making a purchase at each store. Get all 5 stamps and you could win a bookstore prize pack!

Facilitating a board retreat for Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library was such a treat. Libraries are more important than ever! An independent, nonprofit organization, Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library supports the public library by providing funding, ...

We're celebrating 5 years! Join us for this special evening bringing together community leaders, local business owners, investors, and advocates committed to a thriving Rhode Island economy.

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Creating a Framework: A Declaration for Independent Businesses - AMIBA We believe that strong local economies are the essential building blocks of a better world.

We believe that strong local economies are the essential building blocks of a better world.

We refuse to despair about what’s gone wrong with our world and instead are committed to strengthening a national and global local economy movement.

Please read on!

Petworth Flea on the front of a white bag with event details in small print. It is surrounded by flea items like clothes, books, plants, and treats like ice cream and coffee.

Cool new thing! We're partnering with our neighbors for a Petworth Flea on Sunday, 6/7 from 10AM-4PM! Vendor applications now open! We want our makers, our resellers, collectors, our creatives! Spots are limited so if you think you are a great fit for a flea please apply! www.upshurcraftfair.com

What a time we had presenting at the @justeconomy.bsky.social conference yesterday with NC3, Brett Theodos of @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, and Brent Forsberg. The folks in our room had amazing insights. Their energy for changing the economic paradigms that are holding us back was inspiring

Why invest locally? It’s good for social justice.

"A study by the Federal Reserve in Atlanta showed that in those counties with the highest density of thriving local businesses, there was the highest per capita income growth rate. Investing locally means bringing down poverty and improving social equality locally." @mainstreetjournal.bsky.social

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Under Move Your Money Month header, 3 boxes that read: Day #1: 3 basic ways to move money Day #2: review your March expenses Day #3: why communities need financial institutions of their very own

We're having a grand time with the Move Your Money Month 30-Day Challenge. It's not too late to join us. localreturn.org/move-your-mo...

A year after 'Liberation Day,' Trump's tariffs are hurting small businesses Many small-business owners say the uncertainty that goes along with the high cost of the Trump administration's emergency tariffs is driving away customers and eating into profits.

Small biz friends - how are you holding up? What's your experience been with tariffs?

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Great campaign from @theamiba.bsky.social #moveyourmoney Every dollar that stays close to home matters!

Thank you, friends!

B Corp at INFRA: A Culture of Sustainability & Circularity

“These standards require us to walk the walk… It’s not enough to say we’re doing this. We must have concrete metrics to prove that we’re living up to the statements we’re making.” buff.ly/6qZHgc0

Proud to join Small Business Rising to thank Sen Murphy for introducing the FAIR PRICES FOR LOCAL BUSINESS ACT.

Move Your Money Month – Local Return

Move Your Money Month is here! We've got TWO great ways to get involved: Sign up for our 30-day challenge, and be part of our statewide yard sign brigade.

Icon of heads with typing indicator symbol on cream background with text: What We Do Community Engagement Rethinking typical approaches to community engagement for greater social impact and systems change: • Community-centered strategic planning for nonprofit organizations • Program evaluation through thoughtfully facilitated community convenings • Program design and planning through thoughtfully designed and facilitated community convenings • Movement building trainings • Radical inclusion

What is it that you do? Well, this:

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What is it you do? Well, this:

Zingerman's Community of Businesses

In corned beef we trust mainstreetjournal.substack.com/p/in-corned-... @zingermans.bsky.social

Local Legend: Helena Norberg-Hodge - The Economics of Happiness - AMIBA We celebrate this month's Local Legend, Susan Witt, cofounder and executive director of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics.

@theamiba.bsky.social celebrate this month’s Local Legend, Helena Norberg-Hodge. She’s the founder and director of Local Futures, a nonprofit dedicated to renewing ecological and social well-being by strengthening communities and local economies.

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Ghost Rivers: public art installation & neighborhood history walk Rediscovering buried streams and lost histories flowing below the streets of Baltimore

Ghost Rivers: A public art project & walking tour, rediscovering hidden streams and histories that run beneath our feet. ghostrivers.com/ghost-rivers

What a great Jumpstart session with J.P. Ferrarini today!

Who is the constituency demanding we let Live Nation and Ticketmaster keep robbing everyone with the ridiculous fees and terrible service? Kudos to the states for taking up the mantle and not selling the people out.

"B Corps use the power of business to build a better economy." buff.ly/SBBO1J4 #bcorpmonth #chooseindiesustainable

Front cover of The Independent Bookstore Day 2026 Planning Guide

Get ready for Independent Bookstore Day with the American Booksellers Association! 🎉

How do you plan to celebrate on April 25? www.bookweb.org/independent-...

@americanbookseller.bsky.social

We propose 10 state and federal policies that strengthen Rhode Island's local economies and build community wealth. localreturn.org/2026-policy-...

Thank you for letting us include your work, Mechanism!

Mechanism was featured in a recent @npquarterly.bsky.social article that breaks down the impact of federal funding loss and how some nonprofits are responding.

www.mechanism.community/news/mechani...

Want to help your city and local schools stop buying from Amazon? Watch our recent webinar featuring people who successfully pushed their local governments to buy from local suppliers instead — plus practical tips for how to do it in your town.
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Book Club: Making Democracy Fun – Local Return Join us to discuss Making Democracy Fun: How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics by Josh A. Lerner.

Join us for this discussion of Making Democracy Fun by Josh Lerner on March 24.

‘It’s discrimination’: US Small Business Administration cuts off loans to immigrant entrepreneurs Green card holders are now ineligible for loans through the SBA as agency carries out Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda

This will ripple and have a lasting negative impact on small, locally owned biz (that are owned by lawful permanent residents, ffs). It will also impact the alternative lending providers who are already filling the gaps for small biz without access to capital.
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