A New Model for Saving Lives on Roads Around the World
An innovative approach to traffic safety cut fatalities in half on one of India’s most dangerous highways.
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Disrupting the Gospel of Tech Solutionism to Build Tech Justice
To create just, equitable, and self-determined tech futures that work for everyone, we need to center and support voices from the communities most impacted by tech’s biases and harms. A more just tech future requires deep investment in people to make space for visioning and creation, not simply tech solutions.
Our Cities Are Going Dark
The rise of the venture capital-backed delivery economy demands a cross-sector pushback.
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Justice by the Numbers
An innovative partnership between lawyers for the ACLU of Massachusetts and public interest technologist Paola Villarreal resulted in the single largest dismissal of wrongful convictions in US history.
Abortion Should No Longer Be a Dirty Word for the Nonprofit Sector
How the overturning of Roe v. Wade will affect fundraising and strategy for organizations—whether they provide abortion care or not.
Reading List: Advancing Responsible, Equitable Technology
Ahead of SSIR’s 2022 Data on Purpose conference, “Putting the Public Interest Before Technology,” here’s a collection of articles and books exploring how social change leaders can advocate for technology that is designed, deployed, and regulated in responsible and equitable ways.
What Makes Narrative Change So Hard?
Nonprofits and funders can go too far in pointing fingers at their own shortcomings. The reality is that they are playing on an uneven psychological field.
Leaky Pipelines or Broken Scaffolding? Supporting Women’s Leadership in STEM
Why the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field in the United States struggles to recruit and retain women—especially women of color—and three strategies to support their professional development and leadership in these fields.
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Weaving a Network of Relationships
An excerpt from The New Reason to Work on intentional and authentic networking, which means adding value to others as much as seeking help from them.
Tech Inclusion for Excluded Communities
Bringing high-tech operations into the geographical heart of excluded communities jump-starts mass participation, galvanizing economic advancement for their members while challenging accepted norms of diversity, equity, and inclusion.