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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Dillen has litigated precedent-setting cases that have held polluters accountable and cleared the way for clean energy projects. She has the roadmap for the nation’s clean energy future. Rutzen has worked on the legal framework for civil society, digital rights, and public participation in 100 countries.

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Rehearsing for the Revolution: Theater as a Tool of Democratic Imagination

NonProfit Quarterly

At a march for universal basic income (UBI) for instance, warm-up games sparked energy, and a short forum play—initially questioned by attendees, who expected yet another speech—ultimately pulled both campaigners and passers-by into a dialogue that linked everyday injustices to the promise of UBI.

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Education Transformation Against All Odds

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Other schools are observing the energy and momentum, and they are eager to join the movement. The effort is still a work in progress, and it is too early to tell whether it will achieve what has emerged as a galvanizing ambition of nafda: healing and transforming a broken society through schools.

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Three Whys, Three Times (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Immediately, the energy in the room changed, and the rest of the workshop took on more gravity. Asking “Why do you care about this?”

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Seeking the Willing: A Friendship Across Political Lines

NonProfit Quarterly

This is strategic wisdom about where to invest energy, especially when political and media incentives reward the most polarizing voices. Rather than trying to convince the most entrenched voices, Terri and Cassie offered this advice: “Look for the ones who are somewhere in the middle, for the people who are willing to be willing.”

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From Margin to Mainstream: Social Innovation for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Were in a period of polycrisis, yet the business world, government, and civil society persist in their siloed approaches to solving it. Now more than ever, we need to borrow from the energy, optimism, courage, and interconnectedness that characterize the social innovation ecosystem.

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The Civic Bond: Friendship as Democracy’s Essential Thread

NonProfit Quarterly

And, more importantly, do you have the emotional energy to forge friendships around differences? It grows when we understand that my wellbeing connects to yours, that we need shared public goods, and that friendship across differences strengthens—rather than threatens—us all. I’d love to hear from you.