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Collective Action by Homogeneous Groups
This segment will cover the actions taken by individuals or other elements that share a similar social context, such as an age group or economic background. These individuals make decisions democratically within the group to achieve greater benefits for the entire group.
Historical Marginalization Leading to Collective Action
In the Indian context, several social categories of people have been pushed to the periphery for years. They are socially excluded from accessing resources, rights, and dignity. The indigenous groups, known as Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes (formerly known as "untouchables"), and women, have historically been deprived. They have struggled to gain rights and access resources successfully. They will be the focus of this segment.
Deprivation from the Entitlements
India is a welfare state with several measures enshrined in the constitution for the overall socioeconomic development of its citizens. However, certain sections and groups located in different geographical areas are deprived of basic entitlements necessary for a dignified life. Despite this, they have devised groundbreaking ideas to utilize these entitlements. This chapter will cover stories of their struggles and successes.
Collective Action in Exigencies/Need based
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis was unprecedented in human history. Such a situation demands unprecedented methods to face the crisis. People from rural areas have devised innovative ways to address their grievances and newly emerged situations. This section will cover similar ideas that have evolved from the crisis.
Social Sector Philanthropic Investment Trends
Much of the social sector is financed by philanthropic investments. Economic challenges, therefore, have a large influence on the amount that individuals, bequests, foundations, and corporations give each year. Decreases in giving can affect the ability of social sector organizations to meet needs and fulfill their missions.
Given this reality, The Social Innovations Journal, as part of its six annual editions, will include a series of articles and interviews regarding the current thinking and trends in giving and investing to improve the communities in which we live and work. The goal of this series is to outline the thinking of leaders who are creating new models for investment, whether it be social impact investing or philanthropic giving, to create positive change and increase the social positive impact in our communities. Specifically, this series will be focused on cross sector collaborations and how more philanthropic capital can be driven to small, grassroots, and/or BIPOC changemakers.
Our guest curator for this series is Michael Wong who has work experience as an employee of Fortune Most Admired Companies (Apple, AstraZeneca, IBM, and Merck) and has collaborated with SIJ given the SIJ’s creativity to connect for-profit organizations with social enterprise ones to create positive change.
The focus of this series will be building the field and potential paths forward regarding:
- How do we encourage/incentivize Cross Sector Collaborations based on relationships between organizations, people, and those collaborating around common interests?
- What strategies are you currently implementing or considering that would drive more philanthropic capital toward small, grassroots, and/or BIPOC changemakers who have demonstrated impact in their communities?
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