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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. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise.

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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We need to reimagine our laws, regulations, customs, and institutions. In this future, local mayors would be committed and held accountable to these collaborative governance models to redistribute capital, power, and resources to benefit everyone. We need to be much more aspirational and long-term in our thinking.

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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.