Cross-Sector Initiatives Should Start Small

By Vanessa Laird, Kathy Quick & J. Myles Shaver 1

Startup collaboratives often encounter challenges when converting their motivation to do good into action. We have created a minimum viable benefit process for agenda-setting that can help them start up and stay on track. | Open access to this article is made possible by the Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota.

The Citizen-Led Fight Against Hidden Epidemics

By Bernadette Clavier 1

The scientific and medical communities were divided on the treatment for Lyme disease for decades. Neglected and suffering, Lyme patients learned how to advocate for themselves. Their cause led to the creation of the national vector-borne disease strategy, with lessons about how to address complex chronic conditions more broadly.

Transformational Advocacy and the Disobedient Self

By Sam Daley-Harris

An excerpt from Reclaiming Our Democracy on how grassroots advocates are made

A World of Purpose

By Arun Gupta, Gerard George & Thomas J. Fewer

An excerpt from Venture Meets Mission on the call to government service among young people

How Organizing Professionalizes

By Clément Petitjean

An excerpt from Occupation: Organizer on the birth of the community organizing model

How Business Can Fight Populism

By Zena Al-Esia, Andrew Crane, Kostas Iatridis & Ayşe Yorgancioğlu

Populism is re-emergent worldwide, posing direct threats not just to democratic governance but also to socially responsible businesses. Despite the populist challenge, businesses still have an opportunity to do good and support liberal democratic forces.