Foundations
Mobilizing the Masses
The Liberty Hill Foundation concentrates on helping community activists create lasting change in Los Angeles.
Tag: Community
Health
Contagious Health
A community-based program in rural Kentucky uses face-to-face social networks to promote wellness.
Civil Society
What Makes People Mobilize?
Protest movements don't emerge merely because people have something to protest. Many other factors come into play.
Human Rights
A Study in Risk and Restraint
Lessons for entrepreneurs abound in the new biography on Molly Melching’s work.
Social Entrepreneurship
Losing Ownership of New Ideas: A Mark of Success
For social entrepreneurs, radically reframing ideas about social change can have a silver lining.
Socially Responsible Business
Mid-Sized Businesses and Social Innovation: A Revealing View
Highlights from a new report on trends, challenges, and opportunities facing mid-sized companies engaged in social good.
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Nonprofits
Social Change Anytime Everywhere
Social Change Anytime Everywhere outlines basic principles for connecting to a target community, principles applicable to any type of movement.
Measuring Social Impact
A New Approach to India’s Water Sanitation Crisis: Part 2
A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.
Measuring Social Impact
A New Approach to India’s Water Sanitation Crisis: Part 1
A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.