The Elizabeth River, 23 miles of estuary on the southern end of Chesapeake Bay, has one of the busiest commercial ports in the world. A history of industrial pollution contributed to sediment contamination and “toxic hotspots” along the river. In response, Marjorie Mayfield Jackson helped
“This document presents a model Community Based Public Private Partnership (CBP3) program, with a variety of emerging market-based tools, that will help municipalities in the Chesapeake Bay region meet their stormwater management regulatory and community development municipal stormwater management program needs. A key foundation of
Starting in the 1950s, the Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, produced every plutonium trigger for U.S.-made nuclear warheads. But a 1989 raid by the FBI put a stop to the site’s nuclear production, its operators later pleading guilty to criminal violations of environmental law.
✴︎ Available with free registration “These three vignettes highlight work by a cohort of United Way communities working closely with StriveTogether, United Way Worldwide, and Target to build and sustain civic infrastructure in support of the success of every child, cradle to career. In these communities
In 2005, the Indian state of Kerala banned the production of Coca-Cola products in the region, due to the company’s excessive use of water and poor record of pollution. It was clear to Coca-Cola that the corporation could improve its water efficiency and overall water
In the early 2000s, community and technical colleges in Washington State began to observe a troubling trend: Many students enrolled in basic skills programs were not advancing toward acquiring the credentials necessary to advance to college-level programs or secure employment. The Washington State Board for
In the early 2000s, East Baltimore faced many challenges, including a lack of adequate educational resources, like libraries, and safe public spaces. Only 24 percent of adults in the community could read above a third grade level, and opportunities for economic development were limited. In
“Understanding the tactics of collaboration can help make the unique value of working well together real," writes the author of this SSIR article. "We can best move forward not by developing skills or becoming proficient with a specific methodology, but by advancing through stages of
This SSIR piece draws from the author’s book, which “introduces a methodology for establishing ‘blueprint’ that maps out a problem and a common language for defining unmet needs of the individuals and organizations involved” in a cross-sector collaboration. “While cross-sector collaboration is central to solving
In this article from The Collective Impact Forum, Emily Wexler offers advice for funders seeking to “spur collective action among the organizations they support.” She writes, “While funders might like to see more collaboration among their grantees, the reality is that too many non-profits lack