Tag: Grassroots Activism
Nonprofits
The Changing Role of Nonprofits
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
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.
Impact Investing
Review: The New Capitalists
THE NEW CAPITALISTS: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda by Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik, and David Pitt-Watson
Foundations
War of Ideas - Why Conservative Foundations Are Winning
To be effective, progressive groups need to take the strategies of the right and apply them to worthy causes.
Human Rights
Brother Spared a Dime
Homeless protests in the '80s were born not just of grievances, but also of greenbacks.
Environment
15 minutes with Kaisha Atakhanova
Kazakh biologist, activist, and environmental prize recipient.