Education
Opening the Doors to Education for Undocumented Students
Three things legislators, universities, and social sector advocates can do to make sure we don’t lose out on the many contributions undocumented students can make to society.
Tag: Grassroots Activism
Advocacy
Engaging Unexpected Champions for Policy Change
How advocacy organizations working across the political spectrum can engage seemingly unlikely messengers to advance their cause.
Collaboration
Grassroots Change
To create long-lasting social change, organizations and programs must become embedded in the local community.
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Building Power, Building Health
By catalyzing the power of people to make change, community organizers equip
people at every level to overcome the myriad barriers to health.
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Philanthropy on the Frontlines of Ferguson
The Deaconess Foundation seeks to shift public policy, mobilize community members, and strengthen advocacy efforts related to children and youth.
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Embracing Healing Justice in California
A Stockton, Calif., organization is striving to transform its city through culturally
rooted, healing-centered practices and a pedagogy of love.
Social Issues
From Sustainability to Abundance
Sustainability’s vagueness and scarcity orientation may be preventing the future it seeks to create. The time has come to adopt a new mindset.
Economic Development
The Top-Down, Bottom-Up Development Challenge
Do international development projects designed and managed at the grassroots level perform better than those managed from the outside?
Human Rights
Land Rights: From Awareness to Action
The new emphasis on land rights in the global development agenda is a positive step, but could be meaningless without significant shifts in support.