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Making the leap into youth-led advocacy campaigns is a powerful way to walk the talk.
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Plan C for Greening Business
Engaging directly with business was never the environmental movement’s first choice—and for good reason.
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We, the Nonprofit Institutions: Transformation for Liberation
To play their part in building a multiracial democracy for all, many nonprofits will need to embrace their own transformation.
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Love Is the Key to Democracy
The hard, transformative work of building a society for everyone begins with seeking to love particular people and their particular needs.
Building Solidarity for Transformative Social Change
A conversation with Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor about building cohesion across differences and organizing transformative social movements.
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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Stop Raising Awareness Already
It’s time for activists and organizations to adopt a more strategic approach to public interest communications.
How Nonprofits Get Really Big
Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.