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March 21, 2024
New Spring ’24 Issue
The Citizen-Led Fight Against Hidden Epidemics
By Bernadette Clavier

In January 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services published the first-ever national strategy to address the global threat of vector-borne diseases. Its publication not only marked a milestone in the federal government’s investment in public health resources and research but also the culmination of nearly 50 years of a citizen-led effort to motivate the scientific and medical communities and the government to find effective diagnostic and therapeutic solutions to vector-borne diseases like Lyme disease, as well as long-haul conditions like Long COVID.

 

In SSIR’s spring issue, Bernadette Clavier, an advisor to the Bay Area Lyme Foundation and the former executive director of the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, chronicles the fascinating story of community and government action that led to the national tick-borne strategy.

 

Lyme disease, she shows, is only a small manifestation of the much larger public health issue of complex chronic diseases. As has been seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still killing thousands of people each month in the United States, the existing medical infrastructure fails to provide the care that viruses, chronic diseases, and long-haul conditions demand.

 

Clavier calls for “all relevant disease communities of patients, doctors, and scientists to start working together and collaboratively with our government representatives on a new, even more ambitious national strategy that can provide academics and industry leaders with a helpful framework to address infection-associated chronic diseases across the many complex and elusive conditions that affect people today.”

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Equal Partnership in Disaster Response
By Jane Wei-Skillern & Annelie Strath

The international NGO CARE reimagined its traditional approach to humanitarian relief by creating a platform to uplift its local partners and better serve communities.

Organizers and Mobilizers Working Together
By Amanda Tattersall & Nina Hall

In an “ecosystem” approach, different theories of change reinforce and strengthen each other.

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In Search of Durable Change
By Mona Mourshed

Measuring how long impact lasts can be difficult, but nonprofits and donors should make the effort.

 

Learn how to gather more and better data about durability

The Challenge of Science Communication in the Age of AI
By Carsten Könneker

There are exciting possibilities, but we are also facing a deafening cacophony of scientific communication, and much of it will not be positive.

How Investors Can Shape AI for the Benefit of Workers
By Elana Berkowitz & Courtney Leimkuhler

As the world of work is reshaped by AI, there are opportunities within the critical, fast-growing care sector to enable and support a workforce facing acute shortages.

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Join Microsoft and Submittable: How nonprofits can work smarter, not harder

Hosted by Microsoft and Tech for Social Impact partner, Submittable, this session will give you tactical advice for how to automate and refine your workflows so your organization can get more done.

 

Learn how the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), a 501c3, leverages their grant management software to automate workflows and create greater impact.

 

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Series: The Global Pursuit of Equity
Undoing the Long Legacy of Colonialism in Okinawa
By Nagatsugu Asato & Nobuo Shiga

Colonialism has contributed to enduring power imbalances between Okinawa and mainland Japan, but there is a path forward through policy change. Read more

 

Explore other articles in a new series highlighting the ways local innovators are advancing equity: Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico, Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China, and Advancing Equitable AI in the US Social Sector.

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IDC Analyst Spotlight: Building Student-Centric, Digital-First Campus Experiences in Higher Education

Research shows that students are demanding a more modern digital experience and are pressuring institutional leaders to transform the academic experience to increase a student’s chance of academic, personal, and professional success. Read this report to learn how utilizing digital engagement tools appeals to younger, digitally native generations, enhancing enrollment, retention, and satisfaction outcomes.

 

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Supplement: Trust-Based Philanthropy
A Framework for Corporate Social Good
By John Brothers

Instead of mirroring corporate practices, trust-based philanthropy listens to what communities want and need.

From SSIR
Next Week Learn to Tell Your Data Stories

Join Stanford d.school academic director Carissa Carter, for this two-part 180-minute SSIR Live! participation e-certification series. Learn how to skillfully craft impactful visual stories, an essential skill for smart nonprofits, effective leadership, and an informed civil society.

 

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From SSIR
Registration Open: New 2-Part Program

Next month, join SSIR Live! and Paul Brest, interim dean and professor emeritus (active) of Stanford Law School, for this 2-part series, where we will walk you through the entire process of developing a strategy for social change in three phases:

 

1. Understanding the problem

2. Building a theory of change

3. Testing and iterating your theory of change

 

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