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What’s Your Start Agenda?
Effective change efforts, whether activist movements or social enterprises, must focus beyond just the problem or symptom they want to eliminate.
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A Systemic Transition With Less
An excerpt from The Frugal Economy on regenerating people, places, and the planet
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From Vision to Fingerspitzengefühl
An excerpt from From Vision to Action with 11 principles for social entrepreneurship
Graduation Nation
A 20-year campaign to address America’s high school dropout crisis produced unprecedented gains in graduation rates nationwide. Can lessons from this campaign help the nation cross this elusive threshold and inspire action on other social issues? | Open access to this article is made possible by Future Pathways/OAP, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
A Democratic Vision for Public Schools
Neoliberalism has set the agenda for US public education for decades, championing values of individual choice, standards, and competition—with disappointing results. Amid rising civic discord, is there a different vision for public education that would better prepare young people to become citizens and improve our democratic health? | Open access to this article is made possible by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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The Power of the South: Welcome to Atlanta
The history of communities of color in the American South cannot be separated from the fight for democracy.
The Case for Climate Alliances
Business leaders are under pressure to address the climate crisis, but they can’t do so alone. Climate alliances can help leaders and firms be more ambitious, responsible, and effective in driving the systems change necessary to save the planet.
Closing the Racial Diversity Gap in Medicine
The Funding the Future Physicians Initiative aims to diversify the medical profession by preparing underrepresented students for medical school.