Cultivating, Seeding, and Planting a Better World
Ruha Benjamin argues that the social change we seek begins within the individual.
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Transitioning to a Green Economy
A successful transition away from fossil fuels will require strong and vocal civil society organizations and social movements, along with government and business, to make the changes that are necessary if we are to avoid the calamities of global warming.
SSIR Online, Fall 2022 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about supporting women’s leadership in STEM, preventing gun violence, creating safer roads, measuring impact, and narrative change.
Post-Roe Chaos
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shutters medical clinics, jeopardizing health-care access.
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Reinventing How We Lead
An excerpt from Lead From the Heart on how emotions are the most powerful force in the workplace.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
Evolving Trust-Based Philanthropy for Racial Justice
Who more than foundation leaders understand how a permanent asset like an endowment brings power? And yet, for most organizations we work with, we haven’t taken the strategic step to provide them with that power.
Expanding Abortion Access in Post-Roe America
Four promising strategies to expand equitable access to safe and legal abortion care in the United States—and the particular role of philanthropic actors in advancing them.
The Adoption of Innovation
How do innovations move from the edges to the core of what an organization does? For maximum impact, innovations must cease to be innovative and become institutionalized and normalized.
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What Business Leaders Bring to Tough Social Challenges
Many hold strong opinions about translating private-sector experience to social impact. Four pioneering founders have figured out how to make it work.