Civic Engagement
Why Organizers Need Mobilizers and Mobilizers Need Organizers
In an “ecosystem” approach, different theories of change reinforce and strengthen each other.
In an “ecosystem” approach, different theories of change reinforce and strengthen each other.
Building power for the long term, means going beyond “The Win.”
Highlights from book excerpts published by SSIR online this year on topics including mutualism, grassroots development, breakthrough ideas, racial injustice, and well-being.
Championing initiatives is not enough. Philanthropy must fund their implementation and build power in communities to keep the ball moving.
An excerpt from Prisms of the People on how collective action generates real, durable power.
An excerpt from Amateurs without Borders explores a new wave of grassroots development aid putting NGO work back in the hands of amateurs.
One of the important ways to improve the lives of ordinary Americans is to empower workers and encourage the growth of unions.
Lissy Romanow of Momentum, Sochie Nnaemeka of the New York Working Families Party, and Joseph McKellar of PICO California discuss how civil society groups should organize people to change the rules and conditions by which elites currently prosper.
An excerpt from a new book on rebuilding American democracy in an era of crisis.