"There are a lot of false solutions being peddled these days. We hear things like: Your rent is too high, so the government should deport immigrants. Your wages aren't enough, so billionaires should get lower taxes. You're worried about your kids' future, so trans kids should lose their rights. These are real problems paired with false solutions. Real problems deserve real solutions."
"Carving out a future where belonging is real requires a collective effort with a coherent vision across varied issue areas and communities organizing for change. In Real Solutions, a podcast series the Othering and Belonging Institute launched in partnership with 10 organizations, we are lifting up bold policy solutions, explained by people with deep knowledge about them, for audiences that don't know much about the issue or policy design."
False solutions pair real problems with scapegoating and misplaced fixes, such as blaming immigrants for high rent, cutting taxes for billionaires to address low wages, or targeting trans kids. Communities need coherent, people-centered policies that address root causes across housing, wages, and belonging. A new podcast series launched with ten partner organizations elevates concrete policy proposals explained by experts for general audiences. Proposed solutions include community crisis response programs, baby bonds, a wealth tax, social housing, climate-resilient home insurance, and public campaign financing. Defense alone can reinforce harmful institutions; strategic organizing and transformative policy design are required to create genuine belonging.
Read at Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
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