Framing & Narratives
Changing Our Narrative about Narrative: The Infrastructure Required for Building Narrative Power
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“Narrative builds power for people,” Rashad Robinson reminds us, “or it is not useful at all.”
social change
Reform, Resistance, Rebellion, or Revolution: What’s Your Nonprofit’s Call to Action?
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Teen Vogue breaks down the various levels at which activists work and suggests that those activists take measure of where they are aiming their efforts.
Nonprofit News
Volunteering for Social Change, and Loan Forgiveness
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The Shared Harvest Fund (SHF) was created to couple the act of volunteering with student loan repayment.
high-wealth donors
The Rich Will Not Save Us
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In our nation’s second Gilded Age, like the first, what the wealthy give philanthropy with one hand is often taken with the other.
Nonprofit News
Remembering Aretha Franklin and Her Social Justice Vision
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Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died yesterday in Detroit of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76, but her music—and her social vision—live on.
democratic society
If Democracy is Failing, Are Nonprofits Stepping Up to the Plate?
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Local action is the remedy for the plutocratic sickness that many see as having weakened the American body politic.
partisanship
Courageous and Ethical Leadership in a Polarized World
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The genius of movements like #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #BlackLivesMatter is that while each had its creators and drivers, who spark and tend the flame, no one has really been in charge of making it all happen. That makes them messy and unpredictable. But it also gives them their power to change culture.
Planned Parenthood
How Nonprofits Advance Causes through The Arts
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Artists often gravitate toward social causes. But increasingly, those causes are gravitating toward artists and arts audiences to better tell their stories and to raise money.
Conversations & Change: The Crucial Link
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As McCambridge writes, “When conversations that are meant to advance the work of nonprofits get stuck, it can take years, even decades, to get them moving again.” So, how can we get—and keep—change-oriented conversations advancing?
Policy & Government
Driving Social Change
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
How do societies create the breakthroughs needed for a more just, tolerant, healthy, educated, and equitable world? How do they challenge the prevailing wisdom without losing hope? How do they enact lasting change and protect it from the inevitable backlash?