Equity and Collective Impact

Equity and Collective Impact

At Eastside Pathways, as in communities nationally, our understanding of collective impact continues to evolve. One key change is the way that an explicit focus on equity has moved to the forefront. In a widely-read update to their original 2011 white paper on...
8 Yummy Tensions of Collective Impact

8 Yummy Tensions of Collective Impact

I had the great fortune of attending the first learning community of the Working Cities Challenge (WCC), an initiative led by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to advance collaborative leadership and support ambitious work to improve the lives of low-income people in...
Learning From Collective Impact Peers

Learning From Collective Impact Peers

A Reflection from Kelly Jones Last month, I had the privilege of connecting with staff from four other Pacific Northwest collective impact efforts at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2014 Collective Impact Grantee Meeting. This day-long meeting covered a range...