Labor of Love
Ai-jen Poo, cofounder and director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and 2014 McArthur genius grant recipient, is building a movement to improve the lives of 2.5 million US home care workers.
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What Makes People Mobilize?
Protest movements don't emerge merely because people have something to protest. Many other factors come into play.
Curbing Corruption
Political reform alone doesn't ensure good government. Equally important, if not more so, are institutions that let citizens act collectively.
Painting the Internet Red
A case study on how the Human Rights Campaign successfully used online cause marketing.
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Social Change Anytime Everywhere
Social Change Anytime Everywhere outlines basic principles for connecting to a target community, principles applicable to any type of movement.
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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.