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Accelerate This!Accelerate This! Government as Social Innovator features leaders at the intersection of philanthropy and government offering ideas about how non-public dollars can be used to drive innovation and systemic change on complex social issues.
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Accelerate This! Government as Social Innovator features leaders at the intersection of philanthropy and government offering ideas about how non-public dollars can be used to drive innovation and systemic change on complex social issues.
Editors
Living Cities
A collaborative of foundations & financial institutions working to close racial gaps, so people in U.S. cities are economically secure & building wealth.
Writers
Ben Hecht
CEO, @Living_Cities. Building a New Urban Practice that achieves dramatically better results for low-income Americans, faster. Innovate, invest and lead.
R.T. Rybak
Minneapolis Foundation CEO. Lover of all things Minnesota, esp. the Twins. Author of Pothole Confidential: My Life As Mayor of Minneapolis. @R_T_Rybak
Richard J Berry
RJ is the former Mayor of Albuquerque, NM (2009–2017), a former State Legislator and a lifelong entrepreneur
Jennifer Pahlka
Author of Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better, Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists
100 Resilient Cities
100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered by @RockefellerFdn, helps cities become more resilient to the shocks and stresses of the 21st Century.
Steven Bosacker
Director, GMF Cities @gmfus.org, 25-yr history in #localgov @Minnesota & Minneapolis #CityHall; always with eye to the future of #cities
