New approaches in social investing

If asset managers provided more information on community development finance vehicles to socially responsible investors, many more people would choose to earn returns while helping local communities.Investments ; Community development

Impact Investing and Community Development

The growing and worldwide practice called “impact investing”—investing capital for a social as well as financial return - is increasingly challenging private investors and managers of wealth, university endowments, mutual funds, foundations, pension funds, and individuals to direct capital in ways that contributes to the good of society. With roots in the 1960s civil rights era, the multi-billion dollar U.S. Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) industry can serve as a major vehicle for impact investors. CDCs/CDFIs raise and deploy private and public capital to benefit marginalized populations and regions of the country aspiring for economic opportunity. These entities create jobs in small businesses, produce affordable housing and facilities like child care, and help to build sustainable enterprises. Phillips presents the case that investing in CDCs/CDFIs ensures this new, untapped source of capital makes a difference for those in need

The Vascular Plants of Camp Casey, Whidbey Island, Washington

Over the past three years a concerted effort has been made to collect the land plants from the 100 acres comprising Camp Casey. The following guide is offered so that various persons who visit the Camp may become better acquainted with the plants. Insofar as possible technical language normally encountered in more formal presentations has been eliminated. The guide is divided into two parts - a Key to Species, and an Annotated List. Illustrations of the species reference can be found in the works of Hitchcock, Gilkey, or Lyons (see Literature Cited). Plants have been separated into trees (woody perennial plants with one main stem), shrubs (woody perennial plants with several stems per plant), shrubs (woody perennial plants with several stems per plant), herbs, ferns, and a horsetail. Herbs are differentiated on the basis of flower color, with the exception of one group, which is set apart on the basis of inconspicuous flowers. No grasses are included. Numbers in parentheses after species names in the Key to Species refer to the numbers of those species in the Annotated List

James M. McGoldrick, Jr.

Tribute to Pepperdine Caruso School of Law Professor James M. McGoldrick, Jr