Day three of the Social Good Summit, sponsored by Mashable, 92Y and the UN Foundation, really focused in on the small steps that, when taken and aggregated, can lead to big change. Whether its sending out your first tweet, giving a small amount of money to help kickstart social change, or telling just a minute of your own story to the world, a little can go a long way when we all do a...
Tonight, we will honor six individuals and organizations for their work in social justice at the 2011 Community Change Champion Awards. An honoree this evening, Professor Frances Fox Piven is a scholar-citizen, equally at home in the university and in the world of politics. Frances is the recipient of our 2011 Community Change Champion Award for activism. She collaborated with the late...
If Monday’s theme at the Social Good Summit was storytelling, then Tuesday’s theme was empowerment. There were some fantastic speakers talking about the tools we now have, online and offline, to raise stories up and drive people to action. One of my favorite quotes of the day was specifically on these tools: Elie Wiesel, the renowned author, educator, and human rights...
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty, income and insurance coverage in this country. For the last decade the media has responded to the release of the census data with a predictable pattern of outrage and concern for a day, followed by ignorance and silence the rest of the year. And it looks like this year will be no different. Last Tuesday and Wednesday the...
