Building an Intentional and Inclusive Civic Infrastructure
To address 21st-century problems, we need to build a civic infrastructure that serves all members of society, especially those on the margins.
Civic Engagement Social innovations that enrich society and enhance democratic participation
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Building Movements, Not Organizations
Creating a healthy, humane world will require more than new organizational designs. It will take rethinking the nature of organizations entirely.
Big and Fast Is Not Better
Building relationships with grassroots organizations that advocate for human rights-based development takes time, but without investing in them, philanthropy is likely to stumble. The case of Haiti is instructive.
Creating Health in the 21st Century
Five principles to guide how communities can develop new pathways to health, plus concrete steps toward contributing to a culture that values connections and relationships as much as treatments and health campaigns.
Communities Can Set the Course for Lasting Change
Communities have the resources to address the problems they face; they just need to approach those problems in a different way.
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The Curb-Cut Effect
Laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society.
Stop Raising Awareness Already
It’s time for activists and organizations to adopt a more strategic approach to public interest communications.
Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Inside Switzerland’s Radical Drug Policy Innovation
A look at how Switzerland radically and successfully changed its approach to drug policy following a heroin epidemic in the late 1980s and 90s, and what the effort teaches us about the social innovation process.