海角社区

As defined by the (CUMU), an 鈥渁nchor鈥� institution is rooted in the local community in which it resides 鈥� rooted by mission, by invested capital, and by its relationships to students, employees, community partners, and vendors. 聽Anchor higher education institutions like 海角社区 are critical local engines and mission-driven organizations inextricably linked to the long-term well-being of those they serve.聽 They are socioeconomic 鈥榓nchors鈥� in their metropolitan communities, in which they 鈥渋ntentionally apply their economic power and human capital in a long-term partnership with their local communities, to improve mutual well-being.鈥�

[credit: CUMU & Democracy Collaborative, 2008]

Center for Community Wealth Building (CCWB)

One of 海角社区鈥檚 key partners in its anchor institution work is the (CCWB).聽 As CCWB explains, community wealth building 鈥渓ifts whole communities, both economically and socially. [鈥�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.鈥澛� One aspect of CCWB鈥檚 strategies 鈥� and where 海角社区 directly partners with CCWB 鈥� is engaging with anchor institutions.聽 Namely, 鈥淐ommunity Wealth Building works with place-based institutions such as hospitals, universities, and municipalities to craft and implement strategies that leverage institutions’ everyday business practices, think procurement, hiring, and endowment investments, to help close the racial wealth gap.鈥�

ShopBipoc.com

Through a collaborative effort of twelve community organizations, ShopBIPOC was launched Fall 2022 with the goal of connecting buyers and sellers though a simple, easy-to-use online platform.

BIPOC is an acronym for .聽 The term 鈥渁cknowledge[s] that not all people of color face equal levels of injustice.” The ShopBIPOC 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.

Please visit to buy from local businesses and share the site if you know local BIPOC entrepreneurs.

Denver Anchor Network

(DAN), managed by the CCWB, is a group of anchor institutions who meet regularly to update one another about their anchor-related work, offer input and feedback, and discuss initiatives and projects.

In collaboration with CCWB’s ShopBIPOC, Undergraduate Studies has created a list of caterers and vendors for 海角社区 faculty and staff to utilize as an option. All the vendors on the directory are Colorado Local, small businesses.

March 2022

The 海角社区 Foundation has crafted a new Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) in conjunction with efforts by the Foundation’s board to align its investment strategy with 海角社区’s core values, especially diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.聽 To help implement the updated IPS, the Foundation is working with investment-management partner Syntrinsic.

This news relates to the University’s Anchor Institution work because Syntrinsic is a local company that works with an array of nonprofit organizations. Syntrinsic is a Denver-based, employee-owned investment-advisory firm focused on “an ethical, purpose-driven model for investing, using an environmental, social and governance lens to examine how corporations work on behalf of social goals beyond maximizing profits for shareholders.”