Putting Community in Collective Impact
Five characteristics of civic culture that collective impact efforts must address.
Civic Engagement Social innovations that enrich society and enhance democratic participation
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Lots of Opportunity
An online platform helps city governments to discover, organize, and market publicly owned property.
Visualizing Citizenship
Supplements to the article “Citizen Chronicles.”
Citizen Chronicles
A program in Alberta, Canada, showcases the way that people with disabilities contribute actively to their communities. Includes magazine extras.
Lean In—Together
Gender pay equity is higher in countries where women's involvement in advocacy and organizing efforts is more robust.
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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.