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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Simply put, social change requires social collaboration. What, then, can be done to encourage boundary spanning?

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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A parent at the grocery store wouldn’t have to choose between buying enough food to feed her family or making the rent the next day, and could rest assured that they could stay in their homes and communities for generations to come. We must believe that these transformations are possible.

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Reading List: Bridging Divides to Create Social Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

How do we encourage greater cooperation and collaboration in what can feel like an increasingly divisive world? The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics. In-Person Workshop: Curious Conversations.