In today’s episode, Ulcca speaks with Deanna James, president of the St. Croix Foundation for Community Development, about the foundation's approach to transforming local ecosystems through radical partnership and grantmaking on the island of St. Croix.
Relevant Links
Philanthropy and Race in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Deanna James, 2020
Collective Work and Impact: the article below is a wonderful review of the research on how system change occurs; and the Nonprofit Consortium 5-Year Retrospective demonstrates our working model of system building via collective impact that is rooted in relationships!
The Relational Work of Systems Change, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2022
Nonprofit Consortium 5-Year Retrospective, St. Croix Foundation, 2021
If you are new to this podcast, we suggest listening to episodes 2-4 to build a foundation for the concepts and principles we'll keep returning to on the Future of Smart.
E.2 - From Brain Bound to Our Extended Minds
E.3 - A Return Journey to Wisdom
E.4 - Using Science to Imagine a New Purpose and Design for Education with Dr. Pamela Cantor
