Advocacy
This Is What Democracy Looks Like: Five Lessons for Nonprofit Advocacy
Seattle-based microenterprise nonprofit Ventures shares advice to help other organizations design sustainable, effective grassroots advocacy programs.
Tag: Grassroots Activism
Philanthropy & Funding
Funding Innovations That Break the Mold
How funders can support bold, emerging leaders and their cutting-edge ideas.
Advocacy
Make Local Advocacy Stronger by Connecting It to the Bigger Story
Activists can be more successful at solving problems in their communities by using three simple strategies to connect local, national, and global narratives.
Energy
Clean Energy by the People, for the People
After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the “energy rebels” of Schönau, Germany, launched a grassroots revolution in the Black Forest to take control of their community’s power.
Philanthropy & Funding
The Four Principles of Venture Funding
Whether someone is investing in a tech startup or a grassroots advocacy organization, the same rules of success apply. Open access to this article is made possible by American Jewish World Service.
Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropic Leadership Means Following the Frontlines
How to shift the culture of philanthropy to one where funders understand they are part of—rather than in control of—social movements and systems-change work.
Human Rights
The Missing Politics of Female Empowerment
Humanitarian nonprofits unconsciously reinforce the very conditions of women’s oppression they seek to eradicate in their programming.
Education
Two Approaches to Advocacy
Proponents of charter school expansion in Massachusetts thought that a ballot initiative was the obvious bet. They were wrong.
Advocacy
Reframing the Gun Debate
To enact policies that reduce gun violence in the United States, advocates are flipping the script to make the conversation about saving lives rather than taking away Americans’ guns.
Civic Engagement
Bridging the Divide Between Idealism and Pragmatism
Funders and advocates must come together to build movements that can run successful and successive campaigns that result in good policy and grassroots power.