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The Challenge to Power

NonProfit Quarterly

5 As they did, many became politicized; so, they began pushing for economic and social policies that would end discrimination and redistribute resources to the masses at home and abroad. Faced with unprecedented pressure to prove its loyalty to the government or perish, it chose collective preservation.

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Leading Together for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The process provided a structure for people from all positional levels across a complex, multi-agency, state government system to share knowledge and experiences in a way that helped them navigate state bureaucracy. They drive change through networks and relationships, and use the power and influence that emerges.