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A New Toolkit for Participatory Investing

A new playbook from Common Future helps foundations drive participation in investing

Meg Massey
A Toolkit for Participatory InvestingA Toolkit for Participatory Investing
Participatory Grantmaking Changed My Mind About Sex Work

A personal essay about the power of connection – and the possibility of growth

Rose Longhurst
Participatory grantmaking, human rights
Participatory Grantmaking Changed My Mind About Sex WorkParticipatory Grantmaking Changed My Mind About Sex Work
The Kamaʻāina Creatives Tackling Climate Change

A new, experimental venture studio designed to invest in Hawai‘i creative talent

Meg Massey
The Kamaʻāina Creatives Tackling Climate ChangeThe Kamaʻāina Creatives Tackling Climate Change
Can Citizen Science Drive the Sustainable Development Goals?

A new collection of articles demonstrates the potential of citizen science to measure and drive the SDGs

Proximate
Can Citizen Science Drive the Sustainable Development Goals?Can Citizen Science Drive the Sustainable Development Goals?
What Happened to Resourcefulness?

Too often there's a narrative that people are operating in deficiency. But in fact, they are demonstrating resourcefulness

Isabelle Clérié
Repairing Development • Issue 4 What Happened to Resourcefulness?Repairing Development • Issue 4 What Happened to Resourcefulness?
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