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When nonprofit partners try to co-opt grassroots organizing

The nonprofit that was supposed to be supporting our organizing effort keeps trying to control our message and I think they care more about their funding than our community.

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Power dynamics between grassroots groups and institutional allies can undermine authentic community voice.

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