Stanford Social Innovation Review : Informing and inspiring leaders of social change

Ai-Jen Poo, cofounder and director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, is leading a movement of US home care workers.

The Liberty Hill Foundation concentrates on helping community activists create lasting change in Los Angeles.

A community-based program in rural Kentucky uses face-to-face social networks to promote wellness.

Protest movements don't emerge merely because people have something to protest. Many other factors come into play.

Does granting people priority for organ allocation affect their willingness to become organ donors?

A look at how to examine the effectiveness of community advocacy and representation.

The OGP partnership with Brazil represents a global challenge for government and civil society stakeholders to advance the concept of 21st-century democracy.

What does it mean for civil society to have a seat—and an equal voice—at OGP’s table?

Matthias Chikawe, Justice Minister of Tanzania, and Rakesh Rajani, a Tanzanian civil society leader, discuss the potential impacts of OGP in Tanzania.

Networks, equal access, and read-write products are no longer just core design elements of the Internet; we are making them real.

A case study on how the Human Rights Campaign successfully used online cause marketing.

A case study on using design thinking to solve governance bottlenecks in Jamaica.

Researchers explore the effects of virtual embodiment among people with Parkinson’s disease.

Leadership and communication: what we can learn from not speaking.

With the threat of a sequester looming, the charitable sector risks being boxed in.

How private giving can contribute to the needs of American democracy.

In a time of limitless connectivity, mass collaboration, access and sharing of knowledge worldwide, public media steps in to focus the clamor on civic discourse and social change.

Five lessons from groundbreaking women.

The New England Compounding Center meningitis case spotlights the tragic consequences of failed organizational ethics.

The dangers of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal reach far beyond performance-enhancing drugs.

Organizations are finding that subtle changes in language make a difference in how people vote.

McAdam reviews two follow-up studies of youth activists, and assesses the experiences and their long-term effects on volunteers.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark tells us about how he started CraigConnects, chose areas to support, and selected nonprofits to focus on.