SSIR Online, Spring 2021 Issue
Links to all of SSIR's online-only articles published the past three months, with editors' notes about standout pieces on design thinking, foundation spending, and rebuilding US democracy.
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Hope on the Horizon
Wealthy nations are making large purchases of approved coronavirus vaccines, leaving other countries to wait longer to acquire the vaccine.
Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights as a Minimum Standard for Corporate Practice
By building strategic alliances with investors and shareholders, Indigenous Peoples are proactively protecting their rights by urging corporate respect of those rights in routine operations.
How Philanthropy Can Support Equitable Vaccine Distribution
Four ways philanthropy can effectively partner with governments to support equitable vaccination distribution and ensure that more individuals are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Indigenous Feminism Is Our Culture
A call to bring back matriarchy in Indigenous communities to rebuild and decolonize the foundation of Native community life.
East African Health Accelerators and the Pandemic
Health-care innovation will be needed to put the brakes on the current pandemic and prepare the world for the next one. But how are accelerator programs adapting their activities to pandemic conditions?
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When the System Is at Risk, Cocreate to Win
The Six New Rules of Business offers a path forward for business leaders who aim to do good in the world.
Bridging the Divide Between Impact Investing and Native America
Indigenous intermediaries are crucial to overcoming asymmetries between impact investors and Native America through the building of relationships of trust, creation of an ecosystem for impact investing in Indigenous communities, and performance of the due diligence investors need to manage risk.
Using New Markets Tax Credits to Build a Home for Healing for the Coquille Indian Tribe
Twenty years ago, New Markets Tax Credits began transforming America’s underserved communities. While some question the federal program’s impact, one rural Oregon tribe has made them a cornerstone of better health and cultural restoration.
Building Indigenous Power and Investing in Indigenous Self-Determination
To solve the most pressing issues for Indigenous communities—and for the world at large—power and autonomy must be given to Indigenous people themselves.