A Reckoning for the Pro-Democracy Community
In the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election, four recommendations for leaders dedicated to reconstituting and strengthening democracy in the United States.
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Communications for Community
To meet this moment, how can foundations and nonprofits orient their communications to foster connections and build community?
Beyond the Broadcasting Model
Today’s communications landscape demands that social sector organizations move away from a 20th-century broadcasting approach and toward dialogue, relationship-building, and fostering community.
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Invigorating and Expanding Civic Power
True believers in democracy must take steps to unlock people’s civic agency, with a particular focus on strategies that make democracies more inclusive, more people-centered, and more responsive to the needs and aspirations of all.
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Grassroots Strategies to Combat Election-Related Misinformation
Targeted, local engagement with communities coupled with civic education are effective strategies to strengthen information ecosystems, alongside national and international efforts focused on laws and regulation.
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Building a Truly Reflective Pro-Democracy Public Leadership
To build evolving, inclusive, effective democracies, we must focus not only on developing leaders who are reflective of the nation-state but who can also change the conditions in which they operate.
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Ensuring Free, Fair, and Trusted Elections
What recent history in Brazil and the United States has taught us about containing, countering, and sustainably preventing the corruption of elections by authoritarian leaders.
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Weaving Democracy Entrepreneurship Across Borders
Cross-contextual learning has long been a vital tool for innovation. The pro-democracy field is no different, and a specific group of innovators are especially primed for and in need of cross-border collaboration.
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21st-Century Democracy: Building a Transnational Innovation Ecosystem
Defending and strengthening democracy requires local, national, and transnational solutions. This essay series, sponsored by Keseb, shares strategies and perspectives from leading democracy champions in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States.
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.