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EPLI Fellows Each year, the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) at Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) creates space for early to mid-career individuals to engage in a professional fellowship as part of the EPLI team in our efforts to both understand and refine philanthropic practice. This role...

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POLISCI 137R. Justice at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights in the 21st Century

Justice, the philosopher John Rawls believed, is the first virtue of social institutions. But justice is difficult to define and still more difficult to achieve. In this class, we will consider how three core ideals animate most theories of justice: freedom, equality, and security. The U.S. Constitution spells out the...

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GSBGEN 367 – Problem Solving for Social Change

GSB graduates will play important roles in solving many of today’s and tomorrow’s major societal problems—such as improving educational and health outcomes, conserving energy, and reducing global poverty—that call for actions by nonprofit, business, and hybrid organizations as well as governments. This course teaches skills and bodies of knowledge relevant...

Bibliography

A curated collection of readings that have informed the research, writing and thinking of the Digital Civil Society Lab team and fellows. Democracy and publics Alexander, Jeffrey C. (2006). “The Civil Sphere.” Oxford:Oxford University Press Calhoun, C. (1998). “The public good as a social and cultural project. In W.W. Powell and E....