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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

An entrepreneur hoping to market affordable solar finds it necessary to collaborate with architects, materials scientists, and roofing contractors. Simply put, social change requires social collaboration. They have also pointed us to some essential best practices for anyone setting out to collaborate across boundaries.

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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What if community residents had trust in local governments because they had real decision-making power around the buses and roads that take them to work, the schools their children attend, the housing available to them, and otherwise how their collective tax dollars are spent? We must believe that these transformations are possible.

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Reading List: Bridging Divides to Create Social Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

How do we encourage greater cooperation and collaboration in what can feel like an increasingly divisive world? The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics. In-Person Workshop: Curious Conversations.