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Collective Voices
Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- October 23, 2015
Three Levels of Racial Equity Work
It’s become increasingly clear that large scale social change efforts need to directly tackle structural racial inequality in order to be truly impactful and e…
- September 29, 2015
Building the Capacity for Collective Action
No organization (or issue) is an island, and central to collective impact is the recognition that achieving real impact means changing complex and dynamic syst…
- September 15, 2015
Is Collective Impact the Right Approach?
No one can deny that collective impact as a core concept has caught the nonprofit field by storm. Everywhere you look, communities are coming together to set a…
- September 2, 2015
Applying An Equity Mirror to Collective Impact
There has been increasing buzz about “equity” and “racial equity” in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors and among cross-sector collective impact efforts. …
- August 24, 2015
Six Steps to Take When You’ve Been Equity Bombed
The last blog post about fakequity and equity bombs led to an online discussion about what to do after you’ve been equity bombed. Prevention is still a key, bu…
- August 11, 2015
The Three Elements of Continuous Learning: Priorities, Plans, and Culture
In the past few months, I have heard many practitioners in the social sector discussing how continuous learning is integral for successful collective impact (C…