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...
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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...
Move Over, Mega-Donors! Philanthropist Hali Lee on the Power of Collective Giving
The Commons in Conversation
33 minutes
3 months ago
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...
The Commons in Conversation
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...
