Nonprofits & NGOs
Nonprofits Must Listen With Their Ears, Not With Their Eyes
Social sector leaders who “speak for” marginalized groups engage in harmful behavior that excludes marginalized communities from making decisions that affect their lives.
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Advocacy
Bridging Faith and Social Justice Across Generations
How an unlikely alliance between Catholic nuns and young social activists benefits both groups.
Finding the Right Messenger for Your Message
Trusted messengers are important to the success of any advocacy campaign. Here are eight archetypes and four audience contexts to help organizers find the right ones.
Measuring Transformational Impact in Human Rights Advocacy
While traditional scientific methods are not well suited for assessing advocacy, evaluation is necessary for making informed decisions about what meaningful and realistic outcomes to seek from human rights advocacy.
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.
Health
Overcoming Age Segregation
How social innovation can reshape a century of generational separation in the United States, and bring together the talents of young and old to improve life for all.
Civic Engagement
Building Power for an Inclusive, Multiracial Democracy
Five things to know about the US Latinx electorate, and how continued community organizing and movement building can shift America toward a more inclusive democracy.
Philanthropy’s Rural Blind Spot
The most economically distressed communities are the least likely to apply for funding and the least likely to have the local resources to address inequity. Grant makers must rethink their strategies to ensure that their resources go where they will do the most good.
Redesigning DEI
Decolonize Design offers an alternative framework grounded in belonging, dignity, and justice that seeks to abolish assimilation and promotes taking responsibility to challenge and confront racism and anti-Blackness head-on.
Africa’s Climate Activist
At the forefront of the effort to raise awareness about Africa’s climate plight is Vanessa Nakate, a 24-year-old Ugandan social media activist.