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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

According to The Generosity Commission, they instead are complex actions that go straight to the core of civil society and democracy, which includes declining trust of institutions and neighbors and social isolation. The nine recommendations in the report are divided into four categories — research, culture, practice, and policy.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Team Rubicon is widely known for its innovation and unique culture. Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate first-ever standards to govern disposal of coal ash and limit the wastewater discharge of toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Following four years in the U.S. These wins include requiring the U.S.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

From Experimentation to Diffusion of Urban Innovations The innovative role of dynamic cities has been referred to as government by experiment. Experimentation is particularly important for climate governance, where cities have developed new ideas at an impressive rate.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

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Healing Society through the Archaeology of Selfâ„¢: A Racial Literacy Development Approach

NonProfit Quarterly

Imagine a civil society in which communities, individuals, and leaders (nonprofit, social movement, philanthropy, business, education, and more) regularly engage in the process of self-examination for the sake of improving our world.

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Education Transformation Against All Odds

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. The integration of these values has led to transformative changes in many nafda schools. This values integration was not left to chance.

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Empathy as a Strategy of Resilience

NonProfit Quarterly

Schools were closed and so was the city government, out of an abundance of caution. I guess well have to wait and see. To See Others In Chattanooga, TN, where we live, Helene brought a day, a night, and another half-day of steady rain. Chattanooga was sparedit weathered the storm not so much in its eye but more in its elbow.