Erika Haskins
@erikahaskins.bsky.social
Founder | Investor | Fundraiser
Moving mountains & money for enduring impact.
Economic Recovery Corps
SonderVC, Intripid
📍Boston, MA / Portland, ME
#impactinvesting #impinv #econdev #ownershipeconomy #philanthropy #financialinclusion
Moving mountains & money for enduring impact.
Economic Recovery Corps
SonderVC, Intripid
📍Boston, MA / Portland, ME
#impactinvesting #impinv #econdev #ownershipeconomy #philanthropy #financialinclusion
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If you feel concerned about US trajectory, some good groups to follow are @propublica.org @protectdemocracy.org
@govacctproj.bsky.social
@govacctproj.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If you feel concerned about US trajectory, some good groups to follow are @propublica.org @protectdemocracy.org
@govacctproj.bsky.social
@govacctproj.bsky.social
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“You don’t have a mandate,” yelled Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, who stood up holding out his cane and pointed it at the president, after Donald Trump recounted his election win. He was escorted out.
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Texas Democrat Al Greene Removed From Chamber After Yelling at Trump
“You don’t have a mandate,” yelled Democratic Rep. Al Greene of Texas, who stood up holding out his cane and pointed it at the president, after Trump recounted his election win. Republicans stood and…
www.wsj.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“You don’t have a mandate,” yelled Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, who stood up holding out his cane and pointed it at the president, after Donald Trump recounted his election win. He was escorted out.
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Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) just heckled Trump, standing up, shaking his cane at him and telling him, “You don’t have a mandate!” Republicans almost immediately drowned him out with “USA, USA, USA” chants. Green has left the chamber.
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Trump’s address to Congress 2025: Live speech updates and analysis
Follow live updates and analysis from Washington Post reporters as President Donald Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) just heckled Trump, standing up, shaking his cane at him and telling him, “You don’t have a mandate!” Republicans almost immediately drowned him out with “USA, USA, USA” chants. Green has left the chamber.
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Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’
Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’
Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
Word of the year for 2025 . . . . 💫
𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 (𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧):
The profound realization that every passerby—each stranger you encounter—is living a life as vivid, complex, and intricate as your own, filled with dreams, struggles, routines, relationships, and stories that you may never know.
January 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Word of the year for 2025 . . . . 💫
𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 (𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧):
The profound realization that every passerby—each stranger you encounter—is living a life as vivid, complex, and intricate as your own, filled with dreams, struggles, routines, relationships, and stories that you may never know.
Interested in impact investing, sustainable investing, climate finance, social finance, community development finance? Welcome to the conversation! Check out this #impinv starter pack.
#socfin #econdev #ESG #investing
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#socfin #econdev #ESG #investing
go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
December 30, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Interested in impact investing, sustainable investing, climate finance, social finance, community development finance? Welcome to the conversation! Check out this #impinv starter pack.
#socfin #econdev #ESG #investing
go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
#socfin #econdev #ESG #investing
go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
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Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 3rd!
December 6, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 3rd!
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”Systemic investing is a promising alternative to impact investing - moving away from single point impact funding to a coherent portfolio logic to fund connected systems change initiatives and ecosystems.”
www.samrye.xyz/on-systemic-...
www.samrye.xyz/on-systemic-...
On Systemic Investing
Systemic investing is a promising alternative to impact investing - moving away from single point impact funding to a coherent portfolio logic to fund connected systems change initiatives and ecosyste...
www.samrye.xyz
December 16, 2024 at 4:45 AM
”Systemic investing is a promising alternative to impact investing - moving away from single point impact funding to a coherent portfolio logic to fund connected systems change initiatives and ecosystems.”
www.samrye.xyz/on-systemic-...
www.samrye.xyz/on-systemic-...
December 14, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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The hallmark of an open mind is refusing to let your ideas become your identity.
If you define yourself by your opinions, questioning them is a threat to your integrity.
If you see yourself as a curious person or a lifelong learner, changing your mind is a moment of growth.
If you define yourself by your opinions, questioning them is a threat to your integrity.
If you see yourself as a curious person or a lifelong learner, changing your mind is a moment of growth.
December 12, 2024 at 1:09 PM
The hallmark of an open mind is refusing to let your ideas become your identity.
If you define yourself by your opinions, questioning them is a threat to your integrity.
If you see yourself as a curious person or a lifelong learner, changing your mind is a moment of growth.
If you define yourself by your opinions, questioning them is a threat to your integrity.
If you see yourself as a curious person or a lifelong learner, changing your mind is a moment of growth.
Reposted by Erika Haskins
Join us on 12/12 at 1pm ET for a discussion on the investor case for addressing inequality co-hosted by @oxfamamerica.bsky.social & @Rights CoLab.
We’ll exploring how inequality poses risks to investment portfolios & strategies to address them. #impinv
Register: oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We’ll exploring how inequality poses risks to investment portfolios & strategies to address them. #impinv
Register: oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 6, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Join us on 12/12 at 1pm ET for a discussion on the investor case for addressing inequality co-hosted by @oxfamamerica.bsky.social & @Rights CoLab.
We’ll exploring how inequality poses risks to investment portfolios & strategies to address them. #impinv
Register: oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We’ll exploring how inequality poses risks to investment portfolios & strategies to address them. #impinv
Register: oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
writing checks to underestimated founders is ALWAYS in season! #GiveFirst #investing #angelinvesting #impactinvesting #econdev
#VC friends, if you're actively writing checks to overlooked/under-represented founders, please share your thesis.
#Founders, if you're overlooked/under-represented & are raising, tell us what problem you're solving, for whom, & why you're solving it.
Let's make some connections.
#GiveFirst #
#Founders, if you're overlooked/under-represented & are raising, tell us what problem you're solving, for whom, & why you're solving it.
Let's make some connections.
#GiveFirst #
a man says let 's connect those dots while walking
Alt: a man says let 's connect those dots while walking
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:15 PM
writing checks to underestimated founders is ALWAYS in season! #GiveFirst #investing #angelinvesting #impactinvesting #econdev
If #genderequality, gender #diversity and women's empowerment are important to you, here are some top women-focused ETFs for impact investors to consider:
money.usnews.com/financial-ad...
#impinv #impactinvesting #womenempowerment #women #privatecapital #opportunity #econdev #investment
money.usnews.com/financial-ad...
#impinv #impactinvesting #womenempowerment #women #privatecapital #opportunity #econdev #investment
money.usnews.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:36 PM
If #genderequality, gender #diversity and women's empowerment are important to you, here are some top women-focused ETFs for impact investors to consider:
money.usnews.com/financial-ad...
#impinv #impactinvesting #womenempowerment #women #privatecapital #opportunity #econdev #investment
money.usnews.com/financial-ad...
#impinv #impactinvesting #womenempowerment #women #privatecapital #opportunity #econdev #investment
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Include Ventures’ Taj Eldridge wears a lot of hats – literally and figuratively.
Eldridge will join ImpactAlpha's Sherrell Dorsey to talk green jobs, making climate cool, and impact investing in the era ahead. Tuesday Dec. 10th.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Eldridge will join ImpactAlpha's Sherrell Dorsey to talk green jobs, making climate cool, and impact investing in the era ahead. Tuesday Dec. 10th.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 5, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Include Ventures’ Taj Eldridge wears a lot of hats – literally and figuratively.
Eldridge will join ImpactAlpha's Sherrell Dorsey to talk green jobs, making climate cool, and impact investing in the era ahead. Tuesday Dec. 10th.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Eldridge will join ImpactAlpha's Sherrell Dorsey to talk green jobs, making climate cool, and impact investing in the era ahead. Tuesday Dec. 10th.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
“The overwhelming perception still is that impact investing is by nature concessionary. . . .
Impact investing has the potential to catalyse systemic change. And it’s not on the margin - it’s part of the business opportunity.” #impinv #econdev #impactinvesting #economy
www.ft.com/content/d6c7...
Impact investing has the potential to catalyse systemic change. And it’s not on the margin - it’s part of the business opportunity.” #impinv #econdev #impactinvesting #economy
www.ft.com/content/d6c7...
How to get more impact into investing
The impact investing market has been growing rapidly. Whether its tools and techniques can be applied more broadly remains to be seen
www.ft.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:08 AM
“The overwhelming perception still is that impact investing is by nature concessionary. . . .
Impact investing has the potential to catalyse systemic change. And it’s not on the margin - it’s part of the business opportunity.” #impinv #econdev #impactinvesting #economy
www.ft.com/content/d6c7...
Impact investing has the potential to catalyse systemic change. And it’s not on the margin - it’s part of the business opportunity.” #impinv #econdev #impactinvesting #economy
www.ft.com/content/d6c7...
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Impact investing is the only path forward for capitalism to evolve beyond its exploitative nature. By channeling capital into social and environmental impact-aligned companies, we can dismantle the system’s harmful structures and build an equity economy. #ImpactInvesting #EconomicRevolution
December 6, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Impact investing is the only path forward for capitalism to evolve beyond its exploitative nature. By channeling capital into social and environmental impact-aligned companies, we can dismantle the system’s harmful structures and build an equity economy. #ImpactInvesting #EconomicRevolution
Private markets can power #opportunity and an #ownershipeconomy
Here’s what we need policymakers to do in 2025:
✅Expand #investor access to private markets
✅Empower emerging LOCAL fund managers
✅Modernize outdated regulatory frameworks
NOW is the time capital in creative ways for shared prosperity
Here’s what we need policymakers to do in 2025:
✅Expand #investor access to private markets
✅Empower emerging LOCAL fund managers
✅Modernize outdated regulatory frameworks
NOW is the time capital in creative ways for shared prosperity
December 7, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Private markets can power #opportunity and an #ownershipeconomy
Here’s what we need policymakers to do in 2025:
✅Expand #investor access to private markets
✅Empower emerging LOCAL fund managers
✅Modernize outdated regulatory frameworks
NOW is the time capital in creative ways for shared prosperity
Here’s what we need policymakers to do in 2025:
✅Expand #investor access to private markets
✅Empower emerging LOCAL fund managers
✅Modernize outdated regulatory frameworks
NOW is the time capital in creative ways for shared prosperity
🌾 Rural America is struggling; Donor collaboratives are experimenting, but few national foundations bring big dollars or actual strategy....
More on how #philanthropy & #impactinvesting are crucial to advance inclusive #economicdevelopment -
www.philanthropy.com/article/rura... #rural #econdev
More on how #philanthropy & #impactinvesting are crucial to advance inclusive #economicdevelopment -
www.philanthropy.com/article/rura... #rural #econdev
Rural America Is Struggling. Where’s Philanthropy?
New donor collaboratives are experimenting, but few national foundations bring big dollars or a strategy.
www.philanthropy.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:18 PM
🌾 Rural America is struggling; Donor collaboratives are experimenting, but few national foundations bring big dollars or actual strategy....
More on how #philanthropy & #impactinvesting are crucial to advance inclusive #economicdevelopment -
www.philanthropy.com/article/rura... #rural #econdev
More on how #philanthropy & #impactinvesting are crucial to advance inclusive #economicdevelopment -
www.philanthropy.com/article/rura... #rural #econdev
Excellent piece celebrating the 30th anniversary & impact of the CDFI Fund at US Treasury
It's more important than ever to double down on advocacy to ensure this fund is sustained through the upcoming administration #econdev #impinv #cdfi
@impactalpha.bsky.social
impactalpha.com/agency-of-im...
It's more important than ever to double down on advocacy to ensure this fund is sustained through the upcoming administration #econdev #impinv #cdfi
@impactalpha.bsky.social
impactalpha.com/agency-of-im...
Agency of Impact: The CDFI Fund turns 30
The US Treasury Department celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the CDFI Fund, which has successfully modeled how government can catalyze investment in historically disinvested communities.
impactalpha.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Excellent piece celebrating the 30th anniversary & impact of the CDFI Fund at US Treasury
It's more important than ever to double down on advocacy to ensure this fund is sustained through the upcoming administration #econdev #impinv #cdfi
@impactalpha.bsky.social
impactalpha.com/agency-of-im...
It's more important than ever to double down on advocacy to ensure this fund is sustained through the upcoming administration #econdev #impinv #cdfi
@impactalpha.bsky.social
impactalpha.com/agency-of-im...
🗓️ Find me at the upcoming SSTI Annual Conference! Great opportunity to connect with leaders in #technology, #econdev, #government, and #policy. More details here: 2024.ssticonference.org
Home, SSTI's 2024 Annual Conference
“At the annual SSTI gathering I can always count on interacting with the smart, creative people who are at the forefront of driving...
2024.ssticonference.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
🗓️ Find me at the upcoming SSTI Annual Conference! Great opportunity to connect with leaders in #technology, #econdev, #government, and #policy. More details here: 2024.ssticonference.org
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The original goal of #ImpactInvesting was to build out the spectrum between #philanthropy and commercial #investment.
But is the promise of scale and market-rate returns pulling all the energy toward the commercial end of the spectrum?
nextbillion.net/subsidy-and-...
#impinv #investing #socent
But is the promise of scale and market-rate returns pulling all the energy toward the commercial end of the spectrum?
nextbillion.net/subsidy-and-...
#impinv #investing #socent
Subsidy and Synergy: How Philanthropy Can Complement Impact Investing More Effectively
An impact investor argues that the pursuit of market-rate returns — at the expense of philanthropic subsidy — is holding the sector back.
nextbillion.net
December 4, 2024 at 5:18 PM
The original goal of #ImpactInvesting was to build out the spectrum between #philanthropy and commercial #investment.
But is the promise of scale and market-rate returns pulling all the energy toward the commercial end of the spectrum?
nextbillion.net/subsidy-and-...
#impinv #investing #socent
But is the promise of scale and market-rate returns pulling all the energy toward the commercial end of the spectrum?
nextbillion.net/subsidy-and-...
#impinv #investing #socent
Reposted by Erika Haskins
For those interested in impact investing, sustainable investing, climate finance, social finance, community development finance, welcome to the conversation! Check out the group of leaders and organizations in this #impinv starter pack.
go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
December 3, 2024 at 1:39 PM
For those interested in impact investing, sustainable investing, climate finance, social finance, community development finance, welcome to the conversation! Check out the group of leaders and organizations in this #impinv starter pack.
go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ