Business
Moving to Movement Thinking
An excerpt from Activate Brand Purpose on what companies can learn from societal movements’ decay and success.
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Nonprofits & NGOs
The Social Sector Needs a Meta Movement
By creating a network of grassroots movements and calling out connections across issues, the social sector can drive demand for solutions and spur policy makers to act.
Civic Engagement
Grassroots Organizing and Preparing for the Unprecedented
It’s time to set new expectations for the role of people and movements in building a legitimate and truly representative US democracy.
Advocacy
All Black Lives Matter
A rally for Black trans people in Brooklyn, New York, illustrates the increasing success and power of the Black Lives Matter movement as a coalition that centers on the most marginalized.
Collaboration
Cultivating Change Amidst Collapse
To meet the magnitude of this moment we must work collaboratively in ways that promote decentralization over top-down hierarchies, relationships over transactions, and emergence over control.
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Business
How Movements Create Transformational Change
An excerpt from Cascades delves into the aftermath of the Orange Revolution to examine the implications of “surviving victory.”
Video
Civic Engagement
#GivingTuesday and Changing Philanthropic Behaviors in the Digital Age
Asha Curran, chief innovation officer at the 92nd Street Y and director of its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact, discussed the evolution of the grassroots giving movement at our 2018 Data on Purpose conference.
Foundations
Protest Movements Need the Funding They Deserve
Mass protest mobilizations play a critical role in creating the necessary conditions for cultural and political change. When grantmakers and major donors fail to appreciate how they work, they are missing a huge opportunity.