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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

From Experimentation to Diffusion of Urban Innovations The innovative role of dynamic cities has been referred to as government by experiment. Experimentation is particularly important for climate governance, where cities have developed new ideas at an impressive rate.

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Investing in Systems Change Capacity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Embedding change into a system means philanthropic staff, trustees, organizational divisions, and funder collaborative members must buy into the process.

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. This involves collaborating with women leaders in business and academia around the world, which extends the impact of our work locally and creates valuable professional relationships and partnerships.

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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. Today, Amul has more than 16 million milk producers and 185,903 dairy cooperative societies making India the world’s largest milk producer.

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Small Organizations: The Change That Systems Change Needs

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As a collaborative effort with multiple funding partners , we have regular conversations with foundations from across the globe. Together, they address barriers to safe and healthy diets through capacity building, strategic collaborations, and advocacy for increased resources, improved policies, and better government accountability.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Indeed, one of the most pernicious expressions of structural racism in Brazilian society is workplace inequity. Overall, the initiative consolidates an antiracist commitment among businesses and gives them a concrete role in building a more equitable, sustainable society.

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Fight and Build: Envisioning Solidarity Economies as Transformative Politics

NonProfit Quarterly

Both events—as well as two others held in Amherst and Worcester—involved Kali Akuno, co-founder of Cooperation Jackson in Mississippi, who was brought to Massachusetts to engage with folks involved in solidarity economy activity. Ujima’s decision-making and governance structure are a critical part of its world building efforts.