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We Must Be Founders

To fulfill this nation’s promise as a multiracial democracy requires more than tinkering around the edges. Renewal requires bottom-up transformation.

Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg 2

Every social system has its own unique and self-reinforcing characteristics, practices, and vocabularies. Learning to span these boundaries is a prerequisite for any significant change effort.

Why Organizers Need Mobilizers and Mobilizers Need Organizers

By Amanda Tattersall & Nina Hall

In an “ecosystem” approach, different theories of change reinforce and strengthen each other.

What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

By Anne Bergeron

Is it possible for modern capital fundraising to be grounded in socially just principles?

Building Community Governance for AI

By Lina Srivastava

How cooperatives and collectives can build the AI sector toward justice, equity, and shared prosperity

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.