How artmaking and creative practice in the United States can address community challenges, strengthen local economies, and rebuild human connections—and three less-well-traveled ways to support it.
Taking the lead on social and environmental challenges starts with communications strategies that bring people together.
An excerpt from Abolish Rent on the struggle to make housing a human right
A grassroots movement to revitalize public education in Lebanon has shown promising results—and enabled schools to play a critical role in the violent crisis of recent months.
The traditional model of community development finance is limited by market conservatism and a focus on scale, rather than local control. We need a new paradigm that prioritizes impact over scale, emphasizes flexible and creative financing strategies, and empowers community voice. | Open access to this article is made possible by The Center for Community Investment, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Today’s communications landscape demands that social sector organizations move away from a 20th-century broadcasting approach and toward dialogue, relationship-building, and fostering community.
Philanthropy must learn to center relationships without backing away from the inherent messiness of diverse points of view.
The Kataly Foundation invests in communities in ways that ensure that more value stays in the community.
Visionary solidarity economy projects are putting down roots in communities across the United States. But philanthropy will be needed for these seeds to bear fruit.
Our work organizing the Laotian community in Richmond, California, is a case study in power building.
