The Founding Fathers of the United States did not include the whole of the country when they penned the words “We, the People.” It’s the families, neighbors, and communities of this multiracial nation who have believed in more and driven us closer to the promise of democracy.

To kick off a new in-depth series sponsored by PolicyLink, Dr. Michael McAfee issues a call for individual and institutional self-renewal so we can re-found the United States as a thriving multiracial democracy:

“We must own the right to make this country better, on our terms. We can and must be the founders of a nation where all have equal protection, our economy is designed to benefit people and the planet, not just profit, and we have rectified the harms of the past to open the possibility of a new future.”

Read more and follow the new series, Realizing a Multiracial Democracy for All.

Related SSIR articles: How We Achieve a Multiracial Democracy and Reparations Will Help Us Realize a True Multiracial Democracy

OPUS provides free access to hundreds of competitively solicited and publicly awarded cooperative contracts. OPUS streamlines the buying process, allowing users to browse and purchase across multiple suppliers using a single shopping cart and a single login.

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Transformations happening now are laying the foundation for more consumer-centric healthcare delivery that improves patient outcomes, brings new efficiencies, and supports a more evolved relationship between patients and provider organizations. Download this ebook to learn how to create a less transactional and more holistic consumer experience.

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In their new book, Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea, Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor argue that solidarity doesn’t just emerge spontaneously. Rather it’s the product of considerable effort, organizing, and a willingness to reimagine just about every facet of a social structure that rewards the few while sowing division among the many.

Hunt-Hendrix and Taylor joined Aaron Horvath, associate director of research at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, to discuss how solidarity relates to identity, how leaders can build cohesion across differences, organizing transformative social movements, and what lessons the political left could learn from the right. Read more.

Related: The Social Sector Needs a Meta Movement

Cal Lutheran’s Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) is a unique hybrid of public policy and public administration education designed to nurture leaders who are ready to shape new policies and present bold ideas.

The need for skilled public policy and administration leaders has never been greater. Our Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) prepares you to become an effective leader who can navigate intricate systems, earn stakeholder support, and achieve results.

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The world of Uniform Guidance compliance is about to change and you need to prepare now. Join David Clark, managing director of industry special services at BDO, as he walks through the proposed changes to Uniform Guidance in plain language and even a little humor. Bring your compliance thoughts and questions.

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In the face of immense social challenges, impact investing needs to be more than traditional investing with an impact report.

Impact investors need to address the urgent problems that are neglected by capital markets, help their investees to center social impact in their growth strategies, and find entrepreneurs from nontraditional backgrounds that mainstream private equity and venture capital players are overlooking. And they should do all that even at the cost of greater difficulty. Read more.

To be successful, impact investors need more realistic expectations and to be part of a larger and community-based pool of capital, including philanthropic investments that lays the groundwork for impact.

A new impact investing metric can not only help investors estimate the social impact of their investments, but also foster more thoughtful strategies for promoting social and environmental good.

Stanford Social Innovation Review is pleased to announce that Beth Kanter, founder of Beth Kanter Consulting, and co-author of The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World, will be joining us for this year’s Nonprofit Management Institute, “What’s Next for the Social Sector? Strategies and Tactics for Today’s Agile Leaders,” September 17-18, 2024.

In her exclusive in-person breakout session, Kanter will explore how nonprofits can boost their productivity by implementing generative AI in strategic and responsible ways in order to free up time for more important tasks.

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An excerpt from Making Work Matter on impactful leadership: “Corporate change agents often function as sparks that trigger an organizational reaction. Working as a catalyst, you have the opportunity to bring others into the ‘problem-solving tent.’”

Whether you’re looking for an introduction to social innovation, a guide to scaling, or new developments in design thinking, our ebooks bundle the best of our print magazine and website together for leaders and social entrepreneurs looking to make an impact. Buy today!

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