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Why Understanding Local Context Is Critical for Collective Impact
Understanding a community’s “context” and its readiness for complex change work is a critical factor for launching and advancing collective impact work.Knowing…
Why a Policy Agenda is an Important Part of Collective Impact Work
A core element of collective impact is changing systems in the pursuit of equity. Pursuing policy change and advocacy efforts are some of the key levers to eff…
Mental Health is Important for Every Collaborative
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we wanted to highlight the importance of recognizing and supporting mental health as a critical and necessary element…
Power Building, Trust, and Relationships: Supporting Movement Beyond Moments of Reckoning
How can building trusting relationships and sharing power between philanthropy and community-driven efforts spark and sustain movement building? Ten years afte…
How Belonging, Meaning, Wellbeing, and Purpose (BMWP) Can Empower Youth and Their Communities
For more than a decade, The Opportunity Youth Forum at the Aspen Institute’s Forum for Community Solutions has been working with a growing network of urban, ru…
How to Support a Collaborative Data and Learning Culture: Virtual Office Hour
In this virtual office hour session, we answer questions about supporting a data and learning culture, including approaches to share data amongst partners and/…