Stanford Social Innovation Review
JANUARY 24, 2024
A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Merced had “years of support and organizing,” as BHC evaluator Gigi Barsoum noted, “and there was ample data, legal precedent, and separate BHC tables for planning.”
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 29, 2023
Image Credit: Josiah S on istock.com Founded in March 2009, the Oath Keepers are an anti-government far-right militia group comprising former law enforcement, first responders, and former military who pledge to defend the United States against government tyranny at all costs. Actual law enforcement looked the other way.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
MARCH 18, 2024
coordinated with other organizations, working closely with the Human Rights Law Center , large professional NGOs, and civil society organizations whose strengths lay in advocacy, and unions that were known for their powerful organizing. Rather than acting alone, GetUp!
Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Even the transition to renewable energy is threatened by a shortage of some 7 million workers needed to do things like install solar panels on roofs. They may fund “justice” but rarely target laws that force willing employers to deny someone a job because of their nationality.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 17, 2022
All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business. Sharing burdens and benefits fairly.
NonProfit Quarterly
JUNE 8, 2023
Image Credit: Jorm Sangsorn on istock.com Worldwide, civil society—from NGOs to grassroots activist groups to social movements to unions—is being undermined by global conflict, suppressive governments, the erosion of democratic institutions, and the spread of disinformation. And it’s more difficult than it sounds.”
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MAY 9, 2024
And these two experiences—digging into democratic political theory, and spending time learning how to organize, how to get people to a meeting, how to strategize, and how to navigate the media and also the arenas of law-making and policy—all this made me see that solidarity was an important concept. But they work together as part of a whole.
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