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Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- January 8, 2025
Reckoning with the U.S. Election: 10 Reflections and Recommendations for Collective Impact Networks
Before I begin, an important caveat. The Collective Impact Forum – like many of our members – is a nonprofit organization that does not endorse candidates for…
- August 11, 2023
Collectively Remaking Our World: On Finding Joy and Belonging in Our Current Moment
In our increasingly complex world, we often look to guides to help us interpret and synthesize our experiences. These guides can be mentors and friends, or cu…
- October 7, 2022
Being Proximate to Achieve Transformative Social Change
A word that has been resonant for me lately is proximity.Bryan Stevenson talks about proximity as getting close to the people and places that experience exclus…
- May 26, 2022
Moving Mindsets
I often counsel collective impact teams that our ability to create narrative is one of our most powerful tools. Weaving a story that captures the challenges an…
- July 29, 2021
Video and Transcript: Shifting Power with Participatory Grantmaking
We’re sharing a deep dive discussion on the topic of participatory grantmaking that was part of this past spring’s 2021 Collective Impact Action Summit. In thi…
- May 26, 2021
Video and Transcript: The Role of Narrative Change in Collective Action
In this dynamic discussion from the 2021 Collective Impact Action Summit, Melody Barnes (Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions) leads a conversation on…