Connect in person with other social change leaders
Join a conversation between authors Ryan Eller and Andrew Crosson with Center for Disaster Philanthropy CEO Patricia “Patty” McIlreavy—moderated by SSIR editor Aaron Bady—about trust-based resilience, relational recovery, and the future of disaster philanthropy.
Join a conversation with Katie Deal about her Fall 2026 SSIR article “Closing the Rental Wealth Gap.” Katie will talk with Deputy Editor David V. Johnson about new financial models that enable renters to share in the wealth-building features of property ownership.
Join a conversation with SSIR Academic Editor Mitchell Stevens and João Souto-Maior about their Fall 2026 SSIR cover story “Building a Learning Society.” The authors will talk with education researcher Isabelle Hau about their vision of expanding learning beyond school-based models to serve human flourishing throughout people’s lives.
Join a conversation with Christine Mahoney and John Kluge, researchers and co-founders of the Refugee Investment Network, and authors of the SSIR article, “Building the Refugee Economy.” The authors will talk with SSIR’s David Johnson about their vision for private sector investment in refugees and refugee-led enterprises.
Join a live conversation with Sarah Cone, author of our Summer 2026 cover story “Why Don’t Philanthropists Build Anymore?” She will discuss differences between Gilded Age and contemporary philanthropy, why billionaires have stepped back from building institutions, and her vision for a new Gilded Age of philanthropy.
Watch Video conversations with social innovators, including presentations and interviews from SSIR conferences
Join a live conversation with Ari Simon, author of SSIR’s Spring 2026 feature story, “What Else Can I Do? The Thirteen Intentions of Philanthropy.” He will critically examine the prevailing norms of philanthropic practice today and explore a more pluralistic model for understanding the reasons for giving.
Join a live conversation with education researcher Isabelle Hau about her Spring 2026 SSIR cover story “Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence.” The author will talk about her vision of developing and expanding human capacities for flourishing in the age of AI.
Join a conversation with Mark Dobosz about his Spring 2026 SSIR feature story “Beyond the Mega-Gift.” Mark will talk about the decline in the nonprofit sector’s small-donor foundation, how an overreliance on mega-donors threatens the viability of social innovation, and how some organizations are working to buck the trend.
In this live event, SSIR will speak with Laura W. Brill, author of cover story, “Getting Youth Engaged in Democracy,” about her research on US voting patterns and legislature, voting interventions that target youth, and how this issue intersects with other challenges to democracy.
In this live event, SSIR Editor Aaron Bady speaks with two authors of SSIR’s Fall 2025 Issue story, “The Nonprofit Sector Has an RCT Problem,” who take a sociological approach to the issue, exploring how mandatory RCT adoption shifts the priorities, structures, and funding of social change organizations, not always for the better.
Listen to audio talks by leaders of social change, including sessions from SSIR conferences.
