Turning Short-Term Crisis Relief Into Longer-Term Social Innovation
How civil society responses to COVID-19 in South Africa are resisting the all-too-common return to pre-crisis “normal.”
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Using Design Thinking to Tackle Climate Change When ‘What You Know No Longer Works’
As climate change creates new ambiguity problems for farmers, communities need to better understand and assess their own environments.
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The Role of Comedy in Social Justice
A new book argues that media and tech disruption creates the best scenarios for social change.
The Internet’s Public Health Moment
What the 2020 US presidential election can teach us about the need for new knowledge in the digital age.
Building a Trust-Based Philanthropy to Shift Power Back to Communities
To realize the deep systemic change that America is demanding, philanthropy must reorganize to build and demonstrate a trust-based culture, invest in community leadership capacity-building, and open up decision-making and information-sharing structures.
SSIR Guide to Fundraising and Philanthropy During a Chaotic 2020
As charitable organizations prepare for donor outreach at the end of a chaotic year marked by COVID-19, a volatile US election, and marches for racial justice, here are 12 articles to help them make the most of their efforts.
Grassroots Organizing and Preparing for the Unprecedented
It’s time to set new expectations for the role of people and movements in building a legitimate and truly representative US democracy.
Connecting Inner and Outer Well-Being in Social Innovation Education
Why social innovation education programs need to develop students’ inner well-being alongside their knowledge of the field, and five principles to help lead the way.
Platform Power to the People
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how digital tools can foster online engagement that leads to real benefits for working people.
The Dangerous Allure of Win-Win Strategies
For the past 30 years, celebrated academics and business leaders have promoted the idea that companies often profit by addressing social and environmental problems. Although these proposals have been hailed as promising breakthroughs, they are unscientific and counterproductive.