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Mini observations on digital civil society as we're living it right now

Philanthropy 2173

These days I'm not just writing and teaching about digital civil society, I'm watching as people all around me come to realize they're living it everyday. Some foundations are getting into the act. I'm sure nonprofits are doing the same. I've taught two classes simultaneously via one video call.

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A Historical Model for AI Regulation and Collaboration

Stanford Social Innovation Review

People were afraid that employers and health insurance companies would use the data from genome mapping to discriminate, and they demanded a public policy response. And in many ways, we will need to govern globally from behind, because much of the technology and the foundational models are already out there.

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Building Infrastructure to Support Equity: A Conversation with Dr. Akilah Watkins

NonProfit Quarterly

Independent Sector is a broad cross-sectoral national membership organization that includes nonprofits, private foundations, and corporate giving programs with a mission to strengthen civil society. AW: Independent Sector is deeply committed to a civil society that promotes equity and justice.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / San Francisco, CA / $350. Planned Giving Primer.

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Building Union Power to Rein in the AI Boss

Stanford Social Innovation Review

These cases, on opposite sides of the globe, illustrate with painful clarity how the irresponsible use of artificial intelligence can harm both workers and the public, and how unregulated technology in the workplace also hurts communities.

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Reading List: Strengthening Democracy Through Social Innovation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Pacific Speakers: Rob Reich, professor of political science and codirector of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University, and a soon-to-be-announced speaker will debate the role of big philanthropy in a true democracy. How Civil Society Saved the 2020 Census by Arturo Vargas, Gary D.

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Democracy in Peril: In South Africa, Will Philanthropy Back Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

One is that many foundations, under the guise of philanthropic pluralism , have supported a status quo that has harmed South Africa’s Black majority. Yet philanthropy often supports neoliberal policies that reinforce the market power of elites—and perpetuate poverty. Today, that democracy is fraying. Today, that democracy is fraying.