Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As Liz McKenna, an assistant professor of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School has empha siz ed , “Social movements often operate over years, decades. Seven years later, social movements for the most part have proven this theory to be right. Why is that?

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 116

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Book cover by Oxford University Press In his new book People, Power, Change, author-activist Marshall Ganz writes about the art and science of organizing and social change. The same goes for skills related to group decision-making, managing internal conflict, or holding one another accountable—the most basic democratic practices.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Universities Sociology Civil Society 105

Anedot

AUGUST 29, 2024

Position Summary The Voter Engagement Coordinator manages community partnerships and conducts direct outreach activities to build capacity for Canal neighborhood and San Rafael Latino residents to register to vote and understand their ballots and government elected official roles.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Sociology Cultural Diversity Public Policy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 10, 2025

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. But while these organizations sometimes pay people to perform tasks, they don’t pay people to manage.

Civil Society 110

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 110

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Image credit: Malik Cıl on pexels.com I’ve been a student of inequality for a long time—as a curious child and later as a sociology professor. It’s time to change public policy to do away with excessive wealth and its corrosive effects on our lives, our society, and our democracy. Let’s look at the private path first.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public Policy 124

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Fight against Natural Gas Last summer, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a report describing the grassroots movements opposing fossil fuel development in Eastern Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island). But fears of natural gas projects have been renewed.

Energy 111

Energy Public and Social Policy Governance Sociology 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

The resulting public health response is to “close the gap” and aim to level the rates of Black maternal and infant outcomes to match those of the white population. We need only look back one generation to understand the uniquely Black history of midwifery in the United States and the racialized policies that undermined it.

Health 131

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 131