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What can nonprofits and philanthropy do to bring Americans together and strengthen fractured communities? The Commons in Conversation gets answers in interviews with advocates, leaders, and thinkers, including philanthropist Reid Hoffman, author Barbara Kingsolver, and democracy scholar and nonprofit leader Danielle Allen. Join Chronicle of Philanthropy editors and writers as we explore solutions to division in America across lines of politics, race, class, gender, and more. This podcast is produced by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, an independent news outlet covering the $4 trillion world of nonprofits and grant making.
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- Aug 5, 202528 min
Danielle Allen on Democracy Renovations
If democracy is unraveling, what can save it? Scholar, author, and nonprofit leader Danielle Allen joins The Commons in Conversation to talk about a range of solutions championed by philanthropy and nonprofits. These include reform of institutions like Congress and the Supreme Court, investment in civics education, and a rekindling of civic spirit in local communities. Allen leads the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School and is director of Democratic Knowled...
- Jul 29, 202533 min
Move Over, Mega-Donors! Philanthropist Hali Lee on the Power of Collective Giving
Does philanthropy share in the blame for America's divisions? Hali Lee, co-founder of the Donors of Color Network, believes that large foundations and billionaire donors have done plenty to pull the country apart, even as they pursue good. Lee joins Chronicle deputy opinion editor Nandita Raghuram to discuss her new book, The Big We. They talk about what Lee describes as the atomizing effect of large foundations and billionaire donors (“Big Philanthropy”), the breakdown of connectedness...
- Jul 22, 202535 min
Why Big Philanthropy Is Funding Small Hyperlocal Projects
As federal Washington burns with division and conflict, some grant makers are trying to repair the country’s social fabric by strengthening communities. Join Rockefeller Brothers Fund president Stephen Heintz and Katie Loudin of the West Virginia Community Development Hub for a discussion of the year-old Trust for Civic Life, an unusual $30 million cross-ideological funder collaborative bankrolling homegrown initiatives. Members of the trust include the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Carneg...
- Jul 15, 202532 min
La June Montgomery Tabron: A 'Powerful Journey' Toward Racial Healing
From its post in America’s heartland, the 95-year-old W.K. Kellogg Foundation has achieved a diversity in grant making that has eluded many foundations: In the past decade, more than 40 percent of its grant dollars have gone to organizations led by people of color. La June Montgomery Tabron, CEO of the Battle Creek, Mich., grant maker, joins Chronicle of Philanthropy CEO Stacy Palmer to talk about what racial healing looks like in philanthropy and America. She also discusses her new book, How...
- Jul 8, 202534 min
Barbara Kingsolver: How Did Urban and Rural America Become Enemies?
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver frequently writes and talks about the origins of — and cure for — what she calls "urban-rural antipathy." Her most recent novel, Demon Copperhead, aims to dismantle stereotypes of her native Appalachia that she says infect politics and contribute to a mutual loathing between urban and rural Americans. Kingsolver joins Chronicle of Philanthropy deputy opinion editor Nandita Raghuram for a conversation about her writing and philanthropy's r...
- Jun 30, 202530 min
Reid Hoffman's $10 Million Competition to Rebuild Trust in Institutions
Introducing The Commons in Conversation podcast, an offshoot of The Commons, a special project from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Our season kicks off with this urgent question: How can we reverse the trend of declining trust in institutions? Philanthropist Reid Hoffman is looking for answers with a $10 million open call for organizations working to build faith in government, the media, public health, universities, and more. Hoffman joins Chronicle of Philanthropy editor-in-chief...
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What can nonprofits and philanthropy do to bring Americans together and strengthen fractured communities? The Commons in Conversation gets answers in interviews with advocates, leaders, and thinkers, including philanthropist Reid Hoffman, author Barbara Kingsolver, and democracy scholar and nonprofit leader Danielle Allen. Join Chronicle of Philanthropy editors and writers as we explore solutions to division in America across lines of politics, race, class, gender, and more. This podcast is produced by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, an independent news outlet covering the $4 trillion world of nonprofits and grant making.
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