Tune into WOL 1450 AM, 95.9 FM or the WOL Livestream on Thursday, July9 at 10:30 a.m. EST for Everything Co-op, hosted by Vernon Oakes.
This week, Vernon welcomes Steve Dubb, Strategic Initiatives Editor at Shelterforce, an independent nonprofit newsroom that has reported on affordable housing, community development and housing justice for 50 years.
Vernon and Steve will explore how independent journalism helps shape public understanding of affordable housing challenges, elevates community voices and informs policies that promote equitable, sustainable and cooperative approaches to building stronger communities.
Before joining Shelterforce, Dubb served as Senior Editor of Economic Justice at Nonprofit Quarterly. Prior to that, he worked at The Democracy Collaborative, where he authored, co-authored and edited numerous reports, facilitated national learning cohorts, and helped advance the growing field of community wealth building. Earlier in his career, Steve served as Executive Director of NASCO (North American Students of Cooperation), a U.S. and Canadian association of housing cooperatives that supports cooperative housing and leadership development on college campuses.
Steve has authored and edited numerous books on community wealth, economic justice and democratic ownership. Most recently, he co-edited (with Raymond Foxworth) Invisible No More: Voices from Native America (Island Press, 2023), a collection highlighting Indigenous perspectives on economic and community development. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Steve remains actively engaged in local economic justice initiatives through his volunteer work with several community organizations.