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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We need to reimagine our laws, regulations, customs, and institutions. The best of our nation has been scaled up from the grassroots level to function at all levels of government, and demanded by communities who held the government accountable to its duties. 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

Speakers: Kristin Hansen, executive director of the Civic Health Project, and Robb Willer, director of the Polarization and Social Change Lab at Stanford University, will discuss why and how the nonprofit sector is poised to play a leading role in bridging America’s divides. How to Have Better Political Conversations.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Karl Haushalter & Paul Steinberg A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. Changing the law will require lobbying strategies, connections to policy makers, and legal expertise. Simply put, social change requires social collaboration.