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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

And the US Green Building Council (USGBC), an intermediary promoting energy-efficient construction, developed guidelines and rating systems for sustainable cities and neighborhoods. In fact, city leaders often follow the pioneering innovations of civil society organizations. Some small wins even turn into legislation.

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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This is instead an exercise in liberating the constructs of creativity from being the prerogative of the Western, masculine, or the allegedly educated, while reclaiming what rural women of India have championed for thousands of years. .” And lest we forget, hunger knows no borders, and nor do rights, or the lack thereof.

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Starting With the State

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Increasing transparency and accountability with multi-stakeholder frameworks: Moving the needle on improving governance is more likely when stakeholders from civil society and the business sector join. Why is so little philanthropy doing so?

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

My research finds otherwise and implicates current legal constructs and fundraising practices that continue to privilege the self-interests of donors over beneficiaries and society. The artist developed the work to address the immigration crisis and collaborated with 21 community members.

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Ensuring The Right To Free Association Online

The NonProfit Times

Everyone needs to make continued investments in strengthening the capacity of individuals and civil society alike to ensure they have the digital skills, knowledge and resilience to understand and fight disinformation. Fact-checking is not enough.

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The Digital Economy Is Broken—But It’s Not Too Late

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The world wide web was a game changer; people could now collaboratively build and create the world they desired. We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies. ” Yet, it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Ensuring The Right To Online Free Association

The NonProfit Times

Everyone needs to make continued investments in strengthening the capacity of individuals and civil society alike to ensure they have the digital skills, knowledge and resilience to understand and fight disinformation. Fact-checking is not enough.