Civic Engagement
Are You Building Something?
An interview with Marshall Ganz on what the social sector gets wrong about power and structural change
Tag: Power Building
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Invigorating and Expanding Civic Power
True believers in democracy must take steps to unlock people’s civic agency, with a particular focus on strategies that make democracies more inclusive, more people-centered, and more responsive to the needs and aspirations of all.
Leadership
2024 Summer Social Innovation Reading List
Suggested books and articles from SSIR’s editors
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Racial Justice Requires Trust
A commitment to racial justice means transforming conventional practices and embracing trust-based philanthropy.
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Voices of Power Builders
Advice on increasing support for community power building from power builders and funders
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Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building
To take part in transformative social change, philanthropists must think toward a future in which their own centrality is diminished.
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Measuring Progress Toward Community Power
How to disentangle the different scales through which organizations build their capacity
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Transforming Foundation Learning and Evaluation Into a Power Building Strategy
To build shared decision-making, foundations must put aside narrow definitions of rigor and embrace new understandings of accountability.
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Supporting Advocacy Ecosystems to Build Power
Building power for the long term, means going beyond “The Win.”
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Building Power for Healthy Communities
A decade of learning about power building from The California Endowment’s “Building Healthy Communities” initiative