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An evocative, immersive memoir that charts the personal evolution
of an American philanthropic thought leader and arts advocate. A
Life of My Own follows the author's journey from girlhood to the
woman she would become. Wilhelm reveals her unique upbringing,
diverse work history, family challenges and journey of personal
growth with unbridled honesty and narrative energy. When life on
the outside seemed under control, her inner life was in turmoil. A
search for self-realization explores lies and deception about her
origins, and a quest for truth and understanding that ultimately
shapes a woman with profound purpose and mission. Donna Wilhelm's
memoir will inspire future generations to take ownership of their
own life choices and stories as they travel with her on a journey
as universal as it is empowering.
In giving to charity, should we strive to do the greatest good or
promote a lesser good that we care more about? On such issues,
ethical theory can have momentous practical effects. This volume is
a unique collection of new papers on philanthropy from a range of
philosophical perspectives. The authors are among the best-regarded
philosophers writing on ethics today and include a number of
thinkers who have not previously published on the subject. Most
recently published work by philosophers on charitable giving tends
to support what is called effective altruism-doing the most good
you can. In practice, however, charitable giving is often local and
relatively ineffective, supporting causes dear to the givers'
hearts. Are ineffective givers doing wrong or merely doing less
praiseworthy work than they might? This volume includes at least
three challenges to the effective altruism movement, as well as two
chapters that defend it against the gathering tide of objections.
Most thinkers who align with utilitarianism support effective
altruism, and some other perspectives do as well. But the ideal of
personal integrity can push the other way. So can justice-based
theories of giving: perhaps I could do the most good by stealing
and giving to the poor, but that would be unjust. In the most
important cases, however, justice leads to the same result as
effective altruism. Other theories give different results. The
authors represent include intuitionism, virtue ethics, Kantian
ethics, utilitarianism, theory of justice, and the ideal of
personal integrity.
365 Ways to Change the World is the ultimate answer for anyone who
has ever asked 'how can I make a difference?' This ingenious
handbook shows how the smallest actions can impact on your local
community and the wider world. Packed with ideas, and facts from
leading campaign organisations, it suggests one action for every
day of the year.
Paul Light has captured the spirit of innovation. It is not about spectacular acts by individuals who labor against the odds, but about the hard work of building organizations in which innovation is expected and possible. It is about tilling the soil so that ideas can flourish. Anyone who wants to take their organization forward toward natural innovation should read this book. --Walter F. Mondale Any organization can innovate once. The challenge is to innovate twice, thrice, and more?to make innovation a part of daily good practice. This book shows how nonprofit and government organizations can transform the single, occasional act of innovating into an everyday occurrence by forging a culture of natural innovation. Filled with real success stories and practical lessons learned, Sustaining Innovation offers examples of how organizations can take the first step toward innovativeness, advice on how to survive the inevitable mistakes along the way, and tools for keeping the edge once the journey is complete. Light also provides a set of simple suggestions for fitting the lessons to the different management pressures facing the government and nonprofit sector. Unlike the private sector, where innovation needs only to be profitable to be worth doing, government and nonprofit innovation must be about doing something worthewhile. It must challenge the prevailingwisdom and advance the public good. Sustaining Innovation gives nonprofit and government managers a coherent, easily understood model for making this kind of innovation a natural reality.
*The International Bestseller* 'Superb, hugely enjoyable ... a
spirited examination of the hubris and hypocrisy of the super-rich
who claim they are helping the world' Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian
What explains the spreading backlash against the global elite? In
this revelatory investigation, Anand Giridharadas takes us into the
inner sanctums of a new gilded age, showing how the elite follow a
'win-win' logic, fighting for equality and justice any way they can
- except ways that threaten their position at the top. But why
should our gravest problems be solved by consultancies, technology
companies and corporate-sponsored charities instead of public
institutions and elected officials? Why should we rely on scraps
from the winners? Trenchant and gripping, this is an indispensable
guide and call to action for elites and citizens alike.
Why should we listen to celebrities like Bono or Angelina Jolie
when they endorse a politician or take a position on an issue? Do
we listen to them? Despite their lack of public policy experience,
celebrities are certainly everywhere in the media, appealing on
behalf of the oppressed, advocating policy change-even, in one
spectacular case, leading the birther movement all the way to the
White House. In this book Mark Harvey takes a close look into the
phenomenon of celebrity advocacy in an attempt to determine the
nature of celebrity influence, and the source and extent of its
power. Focusing on two specific kinds of power-the ability to
"spotlight" issues in the media and to persuade audiences-Harvey
searches out the sources of celebrity influence and compares them
directly to the sources of politicians' influence. In a number of
case studies-such as Jolie and Ben Affleck drawing media attention
to the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Bob Marley
uniting warring factions in Jamaica; John Lennon networking with
the new left to oppose Richard Nixon's re-election; Elvis Presley
working with Nixon to counter anti-war activism-he details the role
of celebrities working with advocacy groups and lobbying
politicians to affect public opinion and influence policy. A series
of psychological experiments demonstrate that celebrities can
persuade people to accept their policy positions, even on national
security issues. Harvey's analysis of news sources reveals that
when celebrities speak about issues of public importance, they get
disproportionately more coverage than politicians. Further, his
reading of surveys tells us that people find politicians no more or
less credible than celebrities-except politicians from the opposing
party, who are judged less credible. At a time when the
distinctions between politicians and celebrities are increasingly
blurred, the insights into celebrity influence presented in this
volume are as relevant as they are compelling.
This book gives an in-depth analysis of the role of faith in the
work of Tearfund, a leading evangelical relief and development NGO
that works in over 50 countries worldwide. The study traces the
changing ways that faith has shaped and influenced Tearfund's work
over the organisation's 50-year history. It shows how Tearfund has
consciously grappled with the role of faith in its work and has
invested considerable time and energy in developing an
intentionally faith-based approach t relief and development that in
several ways is quite different to the approaches of secular relief
and development NGOs. The book charts the different perspectives
and possibilities that were not taken and the internal discussions
about theology, development practices, and humanitarian standards
that took place as Tearfund worked out for itself what it meant to
be a faith-based relief and development organisation. There is a
growing academic literature about religion and development, as well
as increasing interest from development ministries of many Northern
governments in understanding the role of religion in development
and the specific challenges and benefits involved in working with
faith-based organisations. However, there are very few studies of
actual faith-based organisations and no book-length detailed
studies showing how such an organisation operates in practice and
how it integrates its faith into its work. In documenting the story
of Tearfund, the book provides important insights into the practice
and ethos of faith-based organisations, which will be of interest
to other FBOs and to researchers of religion and development.
John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his
life's work not at business school or helping lead Microsoft's
charge into Asia in the 1990s but on a soul-searching trip to the
Himalayas. He made the difficult decision to walk away from his
lucrative career to create Room to Read, a nonprofit organization
that promotes education across the developing world. By the end of
2007, the organization will have established over 5,000 libraries
and 400 schools, and awarded long-term scholarships to more than
3,000 girls, giving more than one million children the lifelong
gift of education. If you have ever pondered abandoning your desk
job for an adventure and an opportunity to give back, Wood's story
will inspire you. He offers a vivid, emotional, and absorbing tale
of how to take the lessons learned at a hard-charging company like
Microsoft and apply them to the world's most pressing social
problems.
In this study of voluntary charities in eighteenth-century London,
Donna Andrew reconsiders the adequacy of humanitarianism as an
explanation for the wave of charitable theorizing and
experimentation that characterized this period. Focusing on London,
the most visible area of both destitution and social
experimentation, this book examines the political as well as
benevolent motives behind the great expansion of public
institutions--nondenominational organizations seeking not only to
relieve hardship, but to benefit the nation directly--funded and
run by voluntary associations of citizens. The needs of police, the
maintaining of civil order and the refining of society, were
thought by many ordinary citizens to be central to the expansion of
England's role in the world and to the upholding of the country's
peace at home. Drawing on previously unexplored and unsynthesized
materials, this work reveals the interaction between charitable
theorizing and practical efforts to improve the condition of the
poor. The author argues that it is impossible to comprehend
eighteenth-century charity without taking into account its
perceived social utility, which altered as circumstances mandated.
For example, the charities of the 1740s and 1750s, founded to aid
in the strengthening of England's international supremacy, lost
their public support as current opinions of England's most urgent
needs changed. Creating and responding to new visions of what
well-directed charities might accomplish, late-century
philanthropists tried using charitable institutions to reknit what
they believed was a badly damaged social fabric. Originally
published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
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