Reconceptualizing the Social Economy
The social economy is increasingly seen as a motor for social change, but how can this shift in perspectives be framed to better understand and harness its potential?
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An Antidote to Orthodoxy
A new book argues that “alien” thinking can drive social change.
SSIR Guide to COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
A collection of SSIR articles on civil society's insights into the logistics behind a global vaccination campaign, including ideas for winning over the hearts and minds of people who aren’t yet convinced they should get the shot.
Impact Investors Need to Share Power, Not Just Capital
Lack of access to capital is a longstanding and well-known barrier to equity for communities of color and women, but overcoming systemic injustices will take more than moving money. How investments are made, and the power dynamics behind those decisions, need to change, too.
We’re Beating Systems Change to Death
Systems change is more a destination than a journey. "Scalable solutions" might be a better way to make the trip.
The Complicity of Corporate Sustainability
Long hailed as a major piece of the climate solution, sustainable business practices have not only fallen short: They even enable the continued dominance of fossil fuel.
The Power of Proximity: Co-Locating Childcare and Eldercare Programs
Intergenerational shared sites that bring childcare and eldercare under the same roof help both generations thrive, and we need to build more of them.
When Good Algorithms Go Sexist: Why and How to Advance AI Gender Equity
Seven actions social change leaders and machine learning developers can take to build gender-smart artificial intelligence for a more just world.
Lessons on Effective Collaboration From the California Health Workforce Project
The experience of the California Future Health Workforce Commission to improve the state's supply of health professionals revealed the importance of upfront planning, clear partnering agreements, and graceful ways to pause when things don’t go as planned with highly collaborative efforts to solve complex social problems.
Solving the Loneliness Epidemic, Two Generations at a Time
Four ways technology can help organizations working to fight loneliness, while transforming eldercare and the lives of older and younger adults.