Technology
The Complicated Revolution
Sociologist Jen Schradie reveals how digital activism empowers defenders of the status quo.
Review
Tag: Activism
Innovations in the way that organizations use civil disobedience, protests, and other forms of activism to advance social progress
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Future of Transnational NGO Advocacy
Three perspectives on the future of transnational advocacy, and how organizations can adapt to the challenges of 21st-century campaigning.
Civic Engagement
Funders Can Bolster Democracy by Supporting Census Tech
Local governments and philanthropy are missing out on one of the biggest opportunities to positively affect the census: supporting the application of modern technology to increase the chances of a more complete count.
Environment
Crackdown on Environmental Action: How Funders Can Respond
Environmental and conservation funders are finding new ways to support civil society organizations as restrictions on their work rapidly increase.
Podcast
Advocacy
Building a Communication Strategy for Diversity and Inclusion
Using insight from systems thinking and social, behavioral, and cognitive science, two communication experts describe how to craft stories and multimedia experiences that drive social change.
Podcast
Nonprofits & NGOs
Getting Local: Collaborating With Communities of Color
Leaders working on issues including public health, human rights, and economic development discuss how nonprofits can do better by treating the people they’re trying to help as partners, not patients.
Human Rights
Seven SSIR Articles on Women’s Equality and Empowerment
An International Women’s Day reading list featuring gender-focused articles on entrepreneurial spirit, resource accessibility, mental health, sexual misconduct prevention, and more.
Human Rights
The Fight to End Cash Bail
The Bail Project began as a simple idea by Bronx public defenders to set up a fund to protect their clients from the ravages of an unfair system. Now their advocacy is part of a vanguard to overhaul US criminal justice.
Advocacy
This Is What Democracy Looks Like: Five Lessons for Nonprofit Advocacy
Seattle-based microenterprise nonprofit Ventures shares advice to help other organizations design sustainable, effective grassroots advocacy programs.
Organizational Development
What Social Sector Leaders Think About Feedback
An SSIR survey of nearly 2,000 leaders of nonprofits, foundations, and other charitable organizations revealed that they believe feedback is important but still struggle with figuring out how to do it.