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A new excerpt of my new book on adapting to climate change, Sink or Swim, is now up on @ssir.org celebrating the North American launch this week!
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Locked In (SSIR)
An excerpt from Sink or Swim on adapting to the climate change we can't prevent
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November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A new excerpt of my new book on adapting to climate change, Sink or Swim, is now up on @ssir.org celebrating the North American launch this week!
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"As a city leader, I care about people in my community who are experiencing homelessness, but I’m frustrated that we keep being told the only solution is putting more money into the same system. We need to be able to show that this spending works or we will lose residents’ trust."
Could We Radically Redesign Homelessness Services Around Outcomes? (SSIR)
Why the current system is broken and what local governments, nonprofits, and philanthropists could do to change it.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"As a city leader, I care about people in my community who are experiencing homelessness, but I’m frustrated that we keep being told the only solution is putting more money into the same system. We need to be able to show that this spending works or we will lose residents’ trust."
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Women’s generative AI hesitancy is rooted in rationality, not hysteria. It is not risk aversion. It is risk awareness: AI hallucinations, biased outputs, privacy concerns, and (rational) expectations of being judged more harshly for using it on the job.
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The AI Gender Gap Paradox (SSIR)
A case for fierce ambivalence
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November 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Women’s generative AI hesitancy is rooted in rationality, not hysteria. It is not risk aversion. It is risk awareness: AI hallucinations, biased outputs, privacy concerns, and (rational) expectations of being judged more harshly for using it on the job.
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"Women predict AI will bring less benefit and do more harm across personal, professional, and public life." but "If [women] engage and advocate, their risk awareness can strengthen the technology itself." ssir.org/articles/ent...
The AI Gender Gap Paradox (SSIR)
A case for fierce ambivalence
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October 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Women predict AI will bring less benefit and do more harm across personal, professional, and public life." but "If [women] engage and advocate, their risk awareness can strengthen the technology itself." ssir.org/articles/ent...
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An excerpt from Organize or Burn on how movement politics can respond to democratic crisis
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A New Environment for Climate Politics (SSIR)
An excerpt from Organize or Burn on how movement politics can respond to democratic crisis
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October 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
An excerpt from Organize or Burn on how movement politics can respond to democratic crisis
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In 2018, a group of funders established Farmed Animal Funders to accelerate progress toward a more humane, sustainable food system.
It offers a case study for philanthropists and advocates working on other new, underfunded causes on how to coordinate effectively to create wide-ranging impact.
It offers a case study for philanthropists and advocates working on other new, underfunded causes on how to coordinate effectively to create wide-ranging impact.
Building Donor Communities for New or Underfunded Issues (SSIR)
Five ways to engage philanthropists and advocates in early-stage or overlooked causes, such as intensive animal agriculture, that have outsized potential for impact.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In 2018, a group of funders established Farmed Animal Funders to accelerate progress toward a more humane, sustainable food system.
It offers a case study for philanthropists and advocates working on other new, underfunded causes on how to coordinate effectively to create wide-ranging impact.
It offers a case study for philanthropists and advocates working on other new, underfunded causes on how to coordinate effectively to create wide-ranging impact.
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Financing community-led solutions requires shifting both money and power.
@ssir.org explains how Community-Driven Outcomes Contracts do just that by putting communities in the lead to define problems, design solutions, and measure success. Read about it:
@ssir.org explains how Community-Driven Outcomes Contracts do just that by putting communities in the lead to define problems, design solutions, and measure success. Read about it:
How to Finance Community-Led Solutions (SSIR)
Raven Indigenous Outcomes Funds has pioneered community-driven outcomes contracts to center Indigenous communities in Canada as leaders in addressing health and social problems. They present a bold…
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October 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Financing community-led solutions requires shifting both money and power.
@ssir.org explains how Community-Driven Outcomes Contracts do just that by putting communities in the lead to define problems, design solutions, and measure success. Read about it:
@ssir.org explains how Community-Driven Outcomes Contracts do just that by putting communities in the lead to define problems, design solutions, and measure success. Read about it:
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A New Environment for Climate Politics (SSIR)
An excerpt from Organize or Burn on how movement politics can respond to democratic crisis
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October 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
My work is featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review today @nyupress.bsky.social @publicpowerny.bsky.social ssir.org/books/excerp...
"Women’s generative AI hesitancy is rooted in rationality, not hysteria. It is not risk aversion. It is risk awareness."
The AI Gender Gap Paradox (SSIR)
A case for fierce ambivalence
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October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Women’s generative AI hesitancy is rooted in rationality, not hysteria. It is not risk aversion. It is risk awareness."
"For years, I overextended myself in the name of purpose. I felt an unspoken pressure to keep going no matter the cost, to hold everything together because the stakes felt so high..."
An excerpt from The Future Is Collective by Niloufar Khonsari, with a new, original introduction from the author:
An excerpt from The Future Is Collective by Niloufar Khonsari, with a new, original introduction from the author:
Boundaries as an Act of Collective Care (SSIR)
An excerpt from The Future is Collective on embedding care into how we work
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October 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"For years, I overextended myself in the name of purpose. I felt an unspoken pressure to keep going no matter the cost, to hold everything together because the stakes felt so high..."
An excerpt from The Future Is Collective by Niloufar Khonsari, with a new, original introduction from the author:
An excerpt from The Future Is Collective by Niloufar Khonsari, with a new, original introduction from the author:
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Of 100,000 historic sites on the National Register, less than 1% are associated with Latinx histories. Latinos in Heritage Conservation asks “What would it be like if we ...reimagine [historic preservation] with Latino history, culture, and values at the center?” I wrote about the org for @ssir.org.
Preserving America’s Full History (SSIR)
Latinos in Heritage Conservation has grown from a grassroots volunteer-led network into the nation's foremost Latinx historic preservation nonprofit.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Of 100,000 historic sites on the National Register, less than 1% are associated with Latinx histories. Latinos in Heritage Conservation asks “What would it be like if we ...reimagine [historic preservation] with Latino history, culture, and values at the center?” I wrote about the org for @ssir.org.
"I’ve been here before, having spent decades watching development institutions try and fail to catch up with tech.
As the same story unfolds, this time, we have to rewrite the script: AI offers a path to do more with less, if we invest in the infrastructure that will make it work for everyone."
As the same story unfolds, this time, we have to rewrite the script: AI offers a path to do more with less, if we invest in the infrastructure that will make it work for everyone."
Rails, Not Rockstars (SSIR)
The Global South's AI revolution is here, if we bypass the hype and fund the infrastructure that will enable it.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"I’ve been here before, having spent decades watching development institutions try and fail to catch up with tech.
As the same story unfolds, this time, we have to rewrite the script: AI offers a path to do more with less, if we invest in the infrastructure that will make it work for everyone."
As the same story unfolds, this time, we have to rewrite the script: AI offers a path to do more with less, if we invest in the infrastructure that will make it work for everyone."
"Whether rooted in science or metaphysics, people throughout history have often held a belief that hidden patterns beneath everyday life set the world’s course, and that revealing those patterns can unlock flourishing and prosperity."
The Impossibility of Automating Economic Flourishing (SSIR)
In contrast to the worldview shaping the AI era, the true value of an innovative economy lies not just in its outputs, but in the lived human experience of creating the new.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Whether rooted in science or metaphysics, people throughout history have often held a belief that hidden patterns beneath everyday life set the world’s course, and that revealing those patterns can unlock flourishing and prosperity."
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“After Trump was elected the first time, there was a whole lot of mobilizing, but it didn’t turn into building infrastructure to developing leadership. And unless you’re building at the same time you’re fighting, you wind up with nothing.”
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Are You Building Something? (SSIR)
An interview with Marshall Ganz on what the social sector gets wrong about power and structural change
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October 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“After Trump was elected the first time, there was a whole lot of mobilizing, but it didn’t turn into building infrastructure to developing leadership. And unless you’re building at the same time you’re fighting, you wind up with nothing.”
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Annual US subsidies to #oil & #gas firms have risen from $5B to at least $12B following recent legislation. Meanwhile, the same firms eliminated 4.7k jobs in the first half of 2025, with big corp's. planning significantly more workforce cuts.
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#government
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#government
The Oil and Gas Industry Is Costing American Taxpayers, Consumers, and Communities (SSIR)
Investing in people and places is an antidote to the climate crisis.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Annual US subsidies to #oil & #gas firms have risen from $5B to at least $12B following recent legislation. Meanwhile, the same firms eliminated 4.7k jobs in the first half of 2025, with big corp's. planning significantly more workforce cuts.
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#government
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#government
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Can AI speed up and strengthen social impact measurement and management? SSIR & Better Society Capital weigh in.
#AIforGood #Impinv
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ai-assessments-impact-investing?mc_cid=0b806c21ca&mc_eid=103af9ff01
#AIforGood #Impinv
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ai-assessments-impact-investing?mc_cid=0b806c21ca&mc_eid=103af9ff01
We Tested AI Impact Assessments. Here’s What We Learned. (SSIR)
High-quality impact data and assessments are vital for allocating capital effectively, yet they are resource-intensive for investors and social innovators. Can generative AI speed up and strengthen impact-performance assessment of venture investments?
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October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Can AI speed up and strengthen social impact measurement and management? SSIR & Better Society Capital weigh in.
#AIforGood #Impinv
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ai-assessments-impact-investing?mc_cid=0b806c21ca&mc_eid=103af9ff01
#AIforGood #Impinv
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ai-assessments-impact-investing?mc_cid=0b806c21ca&mc_eid=103af9ff01
"The fossil fuel industry has spent more than $1 billion over the last 20 years lobbying for tax credits. Around half of oil and gas production in the United States is estimated to be dependent on subsidies in order to be profitable."
The Oil and Gas Industry Is Costing American Taxpayers, Consumers, and Communities (SSIR)
Investing in people and places is an antidote to the climate crisis.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"The fossil fuel industry has spent more than $1 billion over the last 20 years lobbying for tax credits. Around half of oil and gas production in the United States is estimated to be dependent on subsidies in order to be profitable."
"Philanthropy needs more movement funders who stand on the side of racial and economic justice and who take direction from the movement-led forces working to expand democracy. We can do this by changing our practices in fundamental ways..."
Building Political Power When Everything Is at Stake (SSIR)
Philanthropy needs more movement funders who stand on the side of racial and economic justice and against right-wing authoritarianism.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Philanthropy needs more movement funders who stand on the side of racial and economic justice and who take direction from the movement-led forces working to expand democracy. We can do this by changing our practices in fundamental ways..."
Philanthropy advisor Ben Klasky sees donors hit four common roadblocks to giving:
1. Option paralysis
2. A less streamlined marketplace
3. Reputational risk
4. It's work
Luckily, there are ways to overcome each of these hurdles.
1. Option paralysis
2. A less streamlined marketplace
3. Reputational risk
4. It's work
Luckily, there are ways to overcome each of these hurdles.
Helping Donors Get Unstuck (SSIR)
Many philanthropists have the capacity and desire to give more. A few simple strategies can help them overcome common roadblocks.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Philanthropy advisor Ben Klasky sees donors hit four common roadblocks to giving:
1. Option paralysis
2. A less streamlined marketplace
3. Reputational risk
4. It's work
Luckily, there are ways to overcome each of these hurdles.
1. Option paralysis
2. A less streamlined marketplace
3. Reputational risk
4. It's work
Luckily, there are ways to overcome each of these hurdles.
"Funders and advocates must rally around creative and robust community-led solutions that prioritize health protection over corporate gain."
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New article from @mtejada24.bsky.social of @nrdc.org and Jen Hadayia of @airalliancehou.bsky.social
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New article from @mtejada24.bsky.social of @nrdc.org and Jen Hadayia of @airalliancehou.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Funders and advocates must rally around creative and robust community-led solutions that prioritize health protection over corporate gain."
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New article from @mtejada24.bsky.social of @nrdc.org and Jen Hadayia of @airalliancehou.bsky.social
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New article from @mtejada24.bsky.social of @nrdc.org and Jen Hadayia of @airalliancehou.bsky.social
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The Stanford Social Innovator Review (@ssir.org) shared their discussion of our work at Tech for Palestine. Good review of what we actually do.
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Technology Against Genocide (SSIR)
The Tech for Palestine business incubator is dedicated to strengthening pro-human rights projects within the technology industry, starting with the rights of Palestinians.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Stanford Social Innovator Review (@ssir.org) shared their discussion of our work at Tech for Palestine. Good review of what we actually do.
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We need to support strong investments in bold local action to speed up the clean energy transition. Learn more in @ssir.org:
Americans Are Fighting Goliath—And Winning (SSIR)
Oil and gas's dominance over American life can feel like a David vs. Goliath story. Despite the odds, growing pushback in red, blue, and purple states shows that the Davids have more power than w...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We need to support strong investments in bold local action to speed up the clean energy transition. Learn more in @ssir.org:
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I'm glad to have gotten to cover Tech for Palestine for @ssir.org. Read about the incubator's (v ambitious!) efforts to "change [the tech industry] into something that’s pro-freedom, pro-liberation, and pro-human rights."
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CC @paulbiggar.com @techforpalestine.org
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CC @paulbiggar.com @techforpalestine.org
Technology Against Genocide (SSIR)
The Tech for Palestine business incubator is dedicated to strengthening pro-human rights projects within the technology industry, starting with the rights of Palestinians.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm glad to have gotten to cover Tech for Palestine for @ssir.org. Read about the incubator's (v ambitious!) efforts to "change [the tech industry] into something that’s pro-freedom, pro-liberation, and pro-human rights."
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CC @paulbiggar.com @techforpalestine.org
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CC @paulbiggar.com @techforpalestine.org
"...this government is executing its pro-fossil fuel agenda, often with zero input from the public and apparent disregard for the rule of law."
New article sponsored by the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas authored by leaders of @envirointegrity.bsky.social and @descendantsproject.bsky.social
New article sponsored by the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas authored by leaders of @envirointegrity.bsky.social and @descendantsproject.bsky.social
The Democracy Emergency Coming From the Oil and Gas Industry (SSIR)
The fight to protect our communities and the environment is also a fight to protect democracy.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"...this government is executing its pro-fossil fuel agenda, often with zero input from the public and apparent disregard for the rule of law."
New article sponsored by the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas authored by leaders of @envirointegrity.bsky.social and @descendantsproject.bsky.social
New article sponsored by the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas authored by leaders of @envirointegrity.bsky.social and @descendantsproject.bsky.social
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My latest in the @ssir.org, basically an executive summary of our white paper titled "Financial Backbones: Capital Orchestration for Systems Transformation".
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Financial Backbones for Strategic Capital Orchestration (SSIR)
A new kind of infrastructure for collective impact initiatives.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
My latest in the @ssir.org, basically an executive summary of our white paper titled "Financial Backbones: Capital Orchestration for Systems Transformation".
ssir.org/articles/ent...
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