The celebration of Christmas within Black American communities has always been much more than a time for festivities and family gatherings. Rooted in a profound legacy of resistance, resilience, and ...

No century in recorded history has experienced so many social transformations and such radical ones as the twentieth century. They, I submit, may turn out to be the most significant events of this, ...

The James Irvine Foundation has awarded the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz a two-year, $700,000 community-level learning partner grant as part of its Priority Communities ...

Social change refers to the fundamental transformations in societies’ values, social organisation, and practices over time. Historically, shifts such as women’s suffrage, civil rights, and ...

We are thrilled to share the Professor Deb Cantrell recently released her book, Emotions, Activism, and Social Change. The book explores the role of anger in social activism, drawing from sociology, ...

Societies around the world are in peril: Eroding trust. Backsliding democratic norms. Accelerating global challenges—from political instability and division to climate-related natural disasters and ...

This year marks 25 years of the Skoll Foundation investing in, connecting, and championing social entrepreneurs and innovators who have generated solutions to some of the world’s most pressing ...

The Democratic National Convention in my home city of Chicago was a four-day argument for a particular approach to social change; an approach based less on policy and more on culture — the kind of ...

The election of former President Donald Trump has caused business leaders to reassess how their companies balance profit and purpose. Trump has clearly indicated that there will be radical change on ...

The world is grappling with increasingly complex social challenges—challenges that no single organization or individual can solve alone. Climate change, healthcare access, education reform and clean ...

The school’s macro social work program prepares students to drive social change and advance the common good in Boston and beyond.