Organizing and Activism

Grassroots groups that address violence in their communities are lean and underfunded and provide crucial services to their neighborhoods. They’re also increasingly recognized as indispensable to the safety and wellbeing of the places where they work.

Amid COVID, mutual aid groups proliferated. Now these groups are seeking to retool and build for the long-term need of neighbors helping neighbors.

Opinions on abortion shifted after Roe v. Wade fell, leaving more Americans in favor of access and critical of banning it, according to new Gallup polling.

As Stop Cop City Protests in Atlanta continue, philanthropy must step up and play a critical role in protecting democracy.

A new study examines the motivations and threats for women defending the environment.

Too many people for too long have lived with raw sewage in their yards in poverty-stricken parts of Alabama.

Nicole Horseherder founded Tó Nizhóní Ání – “sacred water speaks” – to protect Navajo aquifers against depletion by coal companies.

The 19th brought together activists, philanthropists, and the public and private sector — as well as our audience — for robust discussions about this work.

From the massive youth protests demanding climate action during COP26, the global climate summit in November, to the young leaders demanding action on civil rights during last month’s Summit for…

Over the last decade or so, human rights organizations, democracy activists, journalists, and civil society groups around the world have faced increasing constraints on their work. Legal and administrative barriers imposed by…

The climate movement has lessons for all social impact practitioners working to create a more just and healthy world.

New documents show Energy Transfer spent big on police gear and worked with spin doctors to counter Standing Rock protesters.