Project Equity focuses on bringing the benefits of entrepreneurship to low-income communities by increasing worker ownership. This Theory of Change describes how worker ownership increases economic resiliency within our economy, benefiting workers, families, and communities.

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project
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Project Equity
Work. Empower. Own.
Unlocking the power of worker ownership
for low-income communities
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2. 2
project
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Theory of Change: Economy
Good jobs
Worker-
ownership
Economy
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project
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Theory of Change
Good jobs
Worker-
ownership
Economy
Problem
• Income and asset gaps
• Jobs that keep people in
poverty
• Disproportionate impact
on communities of color
• Absentee ownership
• Economic injustices lead
to health and social
problems
• Downward spiral
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project
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Theory of Change
Good
jobs
Worker-
ownership
Economy
Solution
• Jobs that support families
• With health and retirement
benefits
• Safe workplaces
• Advancement opportunities
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project
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Theory of Change
Good jobs
Worker-
ownership
Economy
Solution
• Jobs that build workers’ assets, social
capital, leadership, and real skills
• Businesses that keep more $ in local
economy, survive longer, have lower
worker turnover, are more productive
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project
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Theory of Change
Good jobs
Worker-
ownership
Economy
Solution
• An economy that serves
its workers and the local
community
• A more stable economy
• Lower absentee
ownership
• Lower government
subsidies to employed
workers

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project
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Theory of Change: Individual and Community
Empowered
individual
Stable
family and
community
Good job
with
ownership
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