Stanford Social Innovation Review: Informing and Inspiring …
sponsored “Our souls are crying out for something right now.” In a time of deep division, how can organizations reflect the vision and values of a true multiracial democracy and begin to bring people back together?
Social Issues - Articles - Stanford Social Innovation Review
Top 2024 Stories From SSIR’s Global Editions. By SSIR Global Edition Editors. Stories selected by the editors of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s global editions and why they chose to share them with their local audiences.
Submission Guidelines - Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is constantly seeking out new contributors and story ideas that will inspire and inform leaders of social change. We aim to share the perspectives of a truly diverse range of social innovators and run authoritative, cutting-edge articles that speak to …
Healing Trauma in Systems Opens Up New Pathways to Social …
Feb 12, 2024 · Types of Trauma. Individual trauma refers to an invisible wound caused by an overwhelming event, series of events, or enduring conditions. Depending on the level of threat to our life, our autonomic nervous system responds with high levels of stimulation and movement (the fight or flight response) or shuts down (the freeze response).
Collective Impact, 10 Years Later - Stanford Social Innovation Review
The year 2021 marks 10 years since the publication of the article “Collective Impact” in Stanford Social Innovation Review.Over the last decade, organizations working around the globe have applied the practice of collective impact to solving a broad range of social and environmental challenges, and the approach has been incorporated into …
Innovating for a Healthy Context - ssir.org
Dec 30, 2024 · One of us (Seelos) recently sketched out in another SSIR article an alternative focus for philanthropy that shifts away from a deficiency focus of constant problem-solving to a generative focus on building a healthy context that does not create so many problems. We believe this future-oriented focus on what we call Innovations for a Healthy Context (I4HC) is a significant strategic opportunity ...
Design Thinking for Social Innovation - Stanford Social Innovation …
Notes. 1 "In Memoriam: Jerry Sternin," Positive Deviance Initiative. 2 "Nutrition in Viet Nam," Positive Deviance Initiative. 3 "What Is Positive Deviance?" Positive Deviance Initiative. 4 "The Viet Nam Story: Narrated by Jerry Sternin," Positive Deviance Initiative. 5 Kevin Starr,"Go Big or Go Home," Stanford Social Innovation Review, fall …
Mental Health and Social Change Are Inseparable
May 15, 2023 · Mental health has become a central topic of discussion as reports of depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions continue to increase in the United States and globally.Government, media, corporations, academic institutions, and nonprofits have all made large, though insufficient, commitments to address alarming rates of mental health distress and deaths of despair like drug ...
Walking Through Truth: Indigenous Wisdom and Community …
Jul 26, 2023 · We live in an interesting time. A movement against facing the truth of US history and acknowledging the existence of systemic racism is sweeping through many parts of our country. Colonization is embedded in that history—European settlements of the 17th and 18th centuries are referred to as colonies.
Overview - Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is an award-winning magazine and website that covers cross-sector solutions to global problems.SSIR is written by and for social change leaders from around the world and from all sectors of society—nonprofits, foundations, business, government, and engaged citizens.SSIR’s mission is to advance, educate, and inspire the field of social innovation by ...