The capacity to build bridges is central to building and maintaining a truly inclusive, dynamic, and civil society. The Listen First Project is party of an effort to use collective impact as a strategy to energize organizations across the country.
By spending time with police officers and describing what motivated them to join the force and to continue to improve their skills, the author humanizes and complicates a profession that is easy to stereotype. He provides an insider’s view of events in which officers used physical force to restrain people before they could harm themselves, family, or friends.
At a meeting of lawmakers from around the world, participants shared findings and stories from their work to engage community members in more productive, civil, and meaningful ways.
A former educator, college administrator, and assistant federal attorney, Sharon Davies draws on her past professional experiences at a critical moment for democracies around the globe in her new leadership position at the Kettering Foundation, a research organization that lifts up the collective power of citizens in a democracy to address issues of common concern and to shape their communities.
Civic engagement for sustainable, resilient, and just communities is a major component of American climate policy and can be aligned with many other climate tools in the coming decades. We cannot manage our persistent crisis of democracy unless we also engage everyday citizens, communities, and stakeholders in the ongoing work of climate resilience.
An educator, legislator and activist reflects on her “lived experience” as a woman in public service for 70 years.
How a men’s book club near Seattle, Washington, became an informal safe space for people to talk about race.
The case for the ability of informal and familiar spaces to facilitate work that is essential to the long-term success of equity and inclusion efforts.
Starting small, a group has built a nonprofit professional association for LGBTQ+ local government leaders at all stages of their careers.
