2022 Summer Social Innovation Reading List

By SSIR Editors

Suggested summer reading (and listening) from SSIR’s editors.

What Everyone Can Learn From Leaders of Color

By Darren Isom, Cora Daniels & Britt Savage 2

These leaders’ assets go beyond experiences of oppression or marginalization to include the connection, meaning, and joy they can draw on from their respective cultures and communities.

Food System Innovation in China

By Lin Gao & Eva Woo

Food consumption is deeply shaped by the cultural and socio-economic conditions in which it is embedded. How can civil society put food system transformation on the agenda in developing countries that only recently eliminated or are still fighting widespread hunger?

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Disrupting the Gospel of Tech Solutionism to Build Tech Justice

By Greta Byrum & Ruha Benjamin 1

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.

Abortion Should No Longer Be a Dirty Word for the Nonprofit Sector

By Tracy Vanderneck

How the overturning of Roe v. Wade will affect fundraising and strategy for organizations—whether they provide abortion care or not.

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AI Ethics Are in Danger. Funding Independent Research Could Help

By Dylan Baker & Alex Hanna 1

For technology to truly work in the public interest, we need to invest in building organizations that are free from corporate profit motives and that respect, integrate, and compensate communities with whom they work. We offer a new path forward for AI research.