Leadership
Creating a Better World Means Asking Better Questions
By shifting the focus of social innovation from actions to the thinking behind those actions, social sector leaders can create a better world—a world different than the past.
Tag: Community
Philanthropy & Funding
Investments in Racial Equity Need to Move Inland
Inland regions are rapidly diversifying, and leaders of color in places like the Inland Empire need investment. Philanthropy needs a new playbook for this intersection of racial equity and regional equity.
Education
The Collective Work of Building Individual Agency
Building a shared sense of responsibility at Miami Dade College begins with empathy, reflection, and closing the gap between students and staff. Part of the Innovating Higher Education series.
Philanthropy & Funding
When Peers Work Together to Drive Social Change
Funders can build on “constituent engagement” by supporting peer groups as they lead their own change and work collectively to advance their lives.
Leadership
A Better World Ahead Means Shaping Emerging Narratives Now
The groups that set the narratives about what happened during the COVID-19 crisis, what to do now, and what’s next will have outsized influence on who we hold responsible, who gets help, and what we do moving forward.
Cities
Connecting Housing, Community, and Health
A look at four “housing-plus” initiatives that are building healthy neighborhoods.
Education
Crisis and Adaptation for the Public Good
How Tulane University rebuilt from Hurricane Katrina with a renewed commitment to embedding social innovation and community engagement at the core of its mission. Part of Innovating Higher Education for the Greater Good, a new series from SSIR and Ashoka U.
Human Rights
Lessons From Mutual Aid During the Coronavirus Crisis
Community-led responses to the COVID-19 epidemic are providing a model for treating the vulnerable that should remain when this crisis comes to an end.
Civic Engagement
Civic Health and Social Distancing
Good civic health looks like people making meaningful connections with their neighbors, public officials, and contributing to governance decision-making. But what will become of civic life during COVID-19 Part of the series Rethinking Social Change in the Face of Coronavirus.
Scaling
Why Conservation Needs a New Way to Scale
Conventional routes to scaling impact don’t always work. Conservation nonprofits and social ventures should be wary of the lure of a large partner and consider replicating from the grassroots instead.