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Organizing and Activism

  • Speaking Up for Communities Hit Hardest By Overturning Abortion Rights

    Borealis Philanthropy Oct 7, 2023

    TC Caldwell of The Knights and Orchids Society on how the fight for bodily autonomy and self-determination doesn’t stop or start with Roe: “Our work doesn’t stop or start with these…

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  • Mutual Aid Proves Essential to Organizing Work

    Scalawag Magazine Oct 4, 2023

    Mutual aid allows movements to resist and transform oppressive systems. It could also be what ultimately sustains us against climate change.

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  • The Link Between Climate Change and Disability Justice

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 4, 2023

    More than one billion people, or 15 percent of the global population, live with a disability, according to the World Health Organization. People with disabilities face significantly higher risks associated with…

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  • What Does Extreme Climate Activism Look Like?

    YES! Magazine Oct 3, 2023

    The climate emergency is here. Our political system isn’t responding at scale, so climate activists are stepping up their game.

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  • Why We Should Invest in Power Building for the People

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 30, 2023

    The California Endowment is spearheading renewed interest in an approach that supports communities to be the architects of their own equity efforts. Open-access to this article made possible by The California Endowment.

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  • Why Educators Should Prepare for Social Activism

    The Hechinger Report Sep 25, 2023

    I taught my students to respect the power of civic engagement. Recent politics has made it hard to extend that work. Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill was the start of a radical transformation that threatens to undo decades of social change.

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  • How Libraries Can Help Activate Their Communities

    Medium Sep 23, 2023

    The Brookings Institution calls libraries vital “third places” within a community. After home and work, third places play a critical role in building community cohesiveness. Few enduringly American institutions have…

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  • How to Tell Impactful Stories That Connect With People

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 21, 2023

    Going beyond social change Mad Libs means going deep with systems, movements, and real human emotions.

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  • Taking the Outdoorist Oath: A New Way Toward Environmental Justice

    Outdoorist Oath Sep 21, 2023

    Founded by Teresa Baker, José González, and Pattie Gonia in 2022, the Outdoorist Oath was inspired by conversations with outdoor industry companies and conservation organizations. After the group identified an…

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  • Insight From a Year of Organizing and Feminist Protests

    Global Citizen Sep 20, 2023

    From Iran’s protests to the global demonstrations for abortion rights, here’s what we can learn from the protests for gender equality this year.

    Read the full article at: www.globalcitizen.org

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  • How Philanthropy Can Learn from Social Movements

    Alliance Magazine Sep 16, 2023

    What if funders approached grantmaking in the way social movement leaders approach their most pressing challenges? In environments defined by uncertainty, movement leaders assume that even the best-laid plans will…

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  • The Work and Power of Black Female Philanthropists

    shondaland Sep 14, 2023

    Acts of protest and revolution have historically been powered by ordinary-but-extraordinary Black women like Gilmore: leaders and strategists, some formally educated, most not, the majority whose names aren’t instantly recognizable…

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