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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

Building Public Trust Through Collaborative Governance by Hollie Russon Gilman and Mark Schmitt. Civil Society and Authentic Engagement in a Diverse Nation by Angela Glover Blackwell. In-Person Workshop: Bridging Is Systemic Change. September 14 at 2:15 p.m.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Insights from those experiences, plus research in community engagement, network theory, interdisciplinary studies, and collaborative governance have helped clarify the phenomenon of boundary spanning and its vital place in social change work.