Technology
SSIR Online, Fall 2022 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about supporting women’s leadership in STEM, preventing gun violence, creating safer roads, measuring impact, and narrative change.
A collection of standout pieces published online about supporting women’s leadership in STEM, preventing gun violence, creating safer roads, measuring impact, and narrative change.
Chicago CRED proceeds from the belief that the individuals most at risk are not the problem—they are the solution.
A community rallies to save its children from gun violence through coordination, cooperation, and a shared goal.
By speaking up about money and acknowledging the many choices they have, funders can more effectively channel their full spectrum of resources to achieve change.
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.
How we frame social issues profoundly influences our understanding of them, and how we think and talk about solutions.
The youth movement against gun violence in America opens doors to a more constructive narrative that advances both gun violence prevention and the promotion of mental health.
Gilroy. El Paso. Dayton. Another spate of shootings in the United States spurs more conversations about the causes and contexts of gun-fueled murders. President Trump points to mental illness, an argument that many people have challenged, including SSIR author Kevin T. Kirkpatrick in this May 2017 article.
Many media companies are using algorithms this US election year that are having the effect of accentuating people’s differences and stoking their fears. Is it time for social innovators to build new tools that help promote a more tempered, consensus-based discourse?
The true power of data comes from conveying the “so what” behind the numbers, inspiring people to probe new questions, and using it for rigorous statistical inquiry.