Civic engagement

Creating Power, Creating Demand: The Caño Martín Peña Project

The development of a community land trust (CLT) in Puerto Rico might be a pretty good story by itself. What makes it an extraord

From Service to Organizing: The Story of Sapientis

After graduating from the Kennedy School in 2001, Kristin Ehrgood moved to Puerto Rico with her (now) husband, Vadim Nikitine, with the ambi

The Story of PROTECTA: Trying to Reconcile Organizing and Service Delivery

Two years ago, Mladen Jovanović, one of three founders of PROTECTA, a Serbian NGO, took my online executive program on

Perhaps Change Starts at Home: University Outreach Programs

Many university community involvement programs and outreach programs represent the problem I suggested in

Welcome to Philanthropy’s "Pandora"—A Land Free of Trade-Offs and Contradictions

Much of the "new philanthropy," it seems to me, inhabits a world like Pandora of Avatar—James Cameron’s new film that is now the biggest blockbuster of all time.

The National Constitution Center and a Question

This week I was appointed President and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the museum and education center devoted to engaging Ame

A Spark of Light in Texas

Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a remarkable event—President Barack Obama joined President George H.W.

Get Out and Vote!

All across the nation, voters will be heading to the polls tomorrow.

Improving Census Data

Participation in the 2010 census is a huge opportunity to shape the distribution of roughly $400 billion a year in federal funds to state and local governments. Census data guide government de