Join a live conversation with Ari Simon, author of SSIR’s Spring 2026 feature story, “What Else Can I Do? The Thirteen Intentions of Philanthropy.” He will critically examine the prevailing norms of philanthropic practice today and explore a more pluralistic model for understanding the reasons for giving.
Join a live conversation with education researcher Isabelle Hau about her Spring 2026 SSIR cover story “Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence.” The author will talk about her vision of developing and expanding human capacities for flourishing in the age of AI.
Join a conversation with Mark Dobosz about his Spring 2026 SSIR feature story “Beyond the Mega-Gift.” Mark will talk about the decline in the nonprofit sector’s small-donor foundation, how an overreliance on mega-donors threatens the viability of social innovation, and how some organizations are working to buck the trend.
In this live event, SSIR will speak with Laura W. Brill, author of cover story, “Getting Youth Engaged in Democracy,” about her research on US voting patterns and legislature, voting interventions that target youth, and how this issue intersects with other challenges to democracy.
The Recycle Pay program allows parents to pay a portion or all of their children’s school fees by gathering plastic and discarded drinking-water bags, which are then recycled. A What's Next article from the Winter 2020 issue.
Instead of simply pegging success to traditional economic measures, like GDP, New Zealand wants policymaking to be driven by what will make the biggest difference to the well-being of people, their communities, and the environment. A What's Next article from the Winter 2020 issue.
Good strikes force the very consensus building that America needs, and the sooner we reprioritize unions, the sooner we can reclaim democracy. Part of the Winter 2020 issue's Realizing Democracy supplement funded by the Ford Foundation.
