What does MDC stand for? It is a question we have been asked often, and maybe you have wondered about it, too. When MDC was founded in 1967, the letters
By Karim Baer, Director, MDC State of the South , 2022-2024 In summer 2022, MDC engaged a team of staff and partners to redesign our State of the South™ report
“We who are born in the South are marked by it… I left the American South at a young age, only to return to Birmingham, Alabama for holidays and vacations.
By Giany Guedjo, Jovonia Lewis, ReZsaun Lewis, and Angela McDuffie, alumni of the Investing in Leaders of Color (ILOC) Fellowship How Funders Can Better Support Leaders of Color and Their
By MDC’s Equity Centered Leadership and Philanthropy Team The Investing in Leaders of Color (ILOC) Fellowship, a one-year program from May 2022 to May 2023, marked a significant step toward
By Dr. Jonathan C. Augustine Othering in America On September 10, 2024, during a United States presidential candidate debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, America witnessed a regrettable but
By MDC’s Rural Prosperity and Investment Team Tense shoulders, shortness of breath, a knot in the stomach—these are physical signs of nervousness when facing new, challenging, or stressful situations. This
Income and Wealth for All: The Foundation for a Just Economy Hope Wollensack and Amit Khanduri Every November, nearly two-thirds of eligible voters participate in consequential local, state, and federal
By Gilda Pedraza “What a terrible irony it is that the very people who harvest the food we eat do not have enough food for their own.” The quote above
Image credit: Ethan Hyman, Raleigh News & Observer Fact Sheet: We need to talk about unions Unions exist to empower workers by advocating for equitable treatment. People should consider unionizing
