锚机构

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由 Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), an “anchor” institution is rooted in the local community in which it resides – rooted by mission, 按投入资金计算, and by its relationships to students, 员工, 社区合作伙伴, 和供应商.  Anchor higher education institutions like 密歇根州立大学丹佛 are critical local engines and mission-driven organizations inextricably linked to the long-term well-being of those they serve.  They are socioeconomic ‘anchors’ in their metropolitan communities, in which they “intentionally apply their economic power and human capital in a long-term partnership with their local communities, 增进共同福祉.”

Areas of focus for 锚机构s include:

(来源:CUMU & 民主合作，2008]

合作伙伴

Center for 社区 Wealth Building (CCWB)

One of 密歇根州立大学丹佛’s key partners in its anchor institution work is the Center for 社区 Wealth Building (CCWB).  As CCWB explains, community wealth building “lifts whole communities, both economically and socially. […it] encompasses a variety of efforts for empowering communities, creating and maintaining dignified jobs in locally grounded businesses, and reshaping and strengthening the framework of inclusivity.”  One aspect of CCWB’s strategies – and where 密歇根州立大学丹佛 directly partners with CCWB – is engaging with anchor institutions.  即, “社区 Wealth Building works with place-based institutions such as hospitals, 大学, and municipalities to craft and implement strategies that leverage institutions’ everyday business practices, 想采购, 招聘, 捐赠投资, to help close the racial wealth gap.”

 

商店Bipoc.com

Through a collaborative effort of twelve community organizations, 商店BIPOC was launched Fall 2022 with the goal of connecting buyers and sellers though a simple, 易于使用的在线平台.

BIPOC是 Black, Indigenous, (and) People of Color.  The term “acknowledge[s] that not all people of color face equal levels of injustice.” The 商店BIPOC website is designed to connect consumers who want to purchase from BIPOC-owned businesses with those businesses, and to allow BIPOC-owned businesses to expand their markets. Among other outcomes, this site aims to reduce the racial wealth gap.

请访问 商店BIPOC.com to buy from local businesses and share the site if you know local BIPOC entrepreneurs.

 

丹佛锚网

丹佛主播网 (丹), 由CCWB管理, is a group of anchor institutions who meet regularly to update one another about their anchor-related work, 提供输入和反馈, and discuss initiatives and projects.

本科阶段的学习 - Small Business Vendors

In collaboration with CCWB’s 商店BIPOC, 本科阶段的学习 has created a list of caterers 和供应商 for 密歇根州立大学丹佛 faculty and staff to utilize as an option. All the vendors on the directory are Colorado Local, small businesses. 请访问 the SharePoint for more information. 

值得注意的新闻

2022年3月

密歇根州立大学丹佛基金会 has crafted a new Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) in conjunction with efforts by the Foundation’s board to align its investment strategy with 密歇根州立大学丹佛’s core values, 尤其是多样性, 股本, 包容目标.  To help implement the updated IPS, the Foundation is working with investment-management partner Syntrinsic.

这 新闻 relates to the University’s 锚机构 work because Syntrinsic is a local company that works with an array of nonprofit organizations. Syntrinsic 是一家总部在丹佛的公司, employee-owned investment-advisory firm focused on “an ethical, purpose-driven model for investing, 使用环境, social and governance lens to examine how corporations work on behalf of social goals beyond maximizing profits for shareholders.”

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