In order to meet the dire challenges that face us, social movements are going to need new and creative strategies. We are going to need groups that are willing to escalate and take risks. And when ...

Imagine a world where the social sector exercises the full measure of its power and influence, fueled by its more than 12 million employees and 64 million volunteers. Imagine people who are fighting ...

The past several years have seen dramatic growth in social movements demonstrating their dissent through public mass mobilization and acts of civil disobedience, from Black Lives Matter and Fridays ...

Given how social media has been a part of most people’s everyday lives, it should not be surprising to us that social movement can be accomplished effectively online. In this post, my student, Sarah ...

The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013. The organization was founded in response to George Zimmerman's acquittal in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Three community organizers went viral with the ...

We at the hashtags that spawned the decade's biggest social movements. Gene McVay, Marcus Hunter and Tarana Burke discuss their roles. Today we are spending some time looking back at the things that ...

Social movements are nothing new in America, and Black people have long been part of those fights. Whether it’s been to push for human rights, climate change, ending wars or starting cultural ...