- July 18, 2024
Inside Philanthropy: The Power of Place-Based Partnerships in the Fight for Equity
In a new guest column for Inside Philanthropy, Jennifer Splansky Juster, Monique Miles, and Cindy Santos issue a call to action for philanthropy to support equ…
- July 20, 2023
Reflections from the Action Summit on Accessibility and Belonging
ASL interpreter Rachel McGarry, Imani Barbarin, and Miya Cain"My name is Imani Barbarin. I am a Black woman.…
- June 2, 2023
Creating Purposeful Spaces of Inclusion and Belonging
Ruchika Tulshyan, Melody Barnes, and ASL interpreter Donna Ellis at the 2023 Collective Impact Forum Action Summit.“I believe…
- July 7, 2022
Resources to Advance Equity Practice: Survey Findings
In March 2022, the Collective Impact Forum conducted a survey called “Resources to Advance Equity Practice.” The purpose of…
- November 11, 2021
Redefining Collective Impact
The year 2021 marks 10 years since the publication of the article “Collective Impact” in Stanford Social Innovation Review,…
- July 8, 2021
Video and Transcript: Keynote with Sonya Renee Taylor
In this powerful keynote address from the 2021 Collective Impact Action Summit, author, entrepreneur, poet, and activist Sonya Renee…
- June 2, 2021
Video and Transcript: Opening Keynote with Rev. Dr. William Barber
In this powerful address from the 2021 Collective Impact Convening, Rev. Dr. William Barber (Repairers of the Breach) issues…
- June 2, 2020
Advancing Equity and Ways to Engage Right Now
To our community members,Now is not the time to look away.Especially for those of us who can so easily…
- December 9, 2019
Navigating Consent and Allyship
At work during an affinity group meeting, I shared a story from back in college where a close friend…
- June 14, 2019
Advancing Equity, Justice, and a Culture of Collaboration: Insights from the 2019 Collective Impact Convening
Collective impact practitioners have an insatiable appetite for tools, case studies, and other actionable resources on the “how” of…
- February 15, 2019
Creating Consensus with Targeted Universalism
A collaborative effort, driven by a diverse group of stakeholders united behind a common goal, can serve as a…
- June 29, 2018
Beyond Seats at the Table: Equity, Inclusion, and Collective Impact – Video and Transcript
This past April, over 700 attendees and hundreds more online viewers joined us for the livestream event Beyond Seats…
- June 8, 2018
Representation and Inclusion in Collective Impact: A Juvenile Justice Case Study
The role of equity in collective impact has evolved over the past several years. The recent field-wide study of…
- June 26, 2017
Seeing Collective Impact Efforts with a Racial Equity Lens
This blog was originally posted on IISC's blog on June 7, 2017.A couple of weeks ago, IISC was invited…
- May 31, 2016
Is Collective Impact Incompatible with Equity?
In the winter of 2015, two East Coast Millennials joined the FSG team in San Francisco (just in time…
- December 14, 2015
Vu Le is Right* About Equity and Collective Impact
* Well, mostly right. I’m writing this while flying from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco. The person in front…
- December 1, 2015
Why Communities of Color are Getting Frustrated with Collective Impact
This post was originally published on the blog Nonprofit with Balls on November 29, 2015.A while ago I wrote…
- October 23, 2015
Pitfalls to Avoid When Pursuing Equity
The Collaborating to See All Constituents Reach Their Full Potential memo by GEO and the CI Forum, observes that…
- October 23, 2015
If You Don’t Know Who You’re Impacting, How Do You Know You’re Making an Impact?
When I’m not trying to get philanthropy to be more proactive around embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion, I’m working…
- October 23, 2015
Exploring Equity in Collaborative Grantmaking
As conversations around race and equity gain prominence in the national dialogue, it seems the philanthropic sector is increasingly…
