Tag: Grassroots Activism

Nonprofits

The Changing Role of Nonprofits

By Amy Sample Ward 6

The author initiates a conversation about the new role of nonprofit organizations in the current social media and/or technology revolution and invites readers to continue the discussion.

Social Innovations

Root Causes vs. Facebook Causes

By Peter Deitz 15

Few social action platforms are currently leveraging the self-organizing potential of social media to address the root causes that make online social activism necessary in the first place.

Podcast
Civic Engagement

Nick Yeo - Inspiring Youth Through Global Communications

TakingITGlobal is an online social network that enables socially conscious youth worldwide to learn about and take action on global issues. Kriss Deiglmeier, the Center for Social Innovation Center executive director, conducts an audio interview with Nick Yeo about how the endeavor leverages its online platform to partner with other organizations and inspire youth to make a difference.

Podcast
Economic Development

Fazle H. Abed - Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Fazle Abed explains in this audio lecture how the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) is leading grassroots efforts to achieve the eight U.N. Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh. He describes a multipronged strategy aimed at education, gender equality, health, environmental, economic, and political progress.