When we launched The Commons in April, we promised to bring you stories of nonprofit leaders working to close divides. Three of those individuals stand out, because their work is born of a deeply personal experience, for good or for bad.
We share these stories again as editors’ favorites and hope they can provide some inspiration as you prepare for the fall and an election season likely to prove divisive.
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DemocracyBorn of Political Violence, This Group Helps Nonprofit Causes Find ‘Surprising’ Allies
In the wake of the shooting at Saturday’s Trump rally, Tim Dixon talks about the work of More in Common, which he co-founded after the murder of British politician Jo Cox, a close friend. -
Democracy
Can Your Volunteer Program Bring America Together? This Screenwriter-Turned-Charity Leader Thinks So.
The nonprofit Big Sunday is defying the downturn in volunteerism as it pursues founder David Levinson’s dual mission: community service that builds community. -
Essay
‘While I Breathe, I Hope': A Black Nonprofit Leader and Daughter of the South Returns Home
A veteran fundraiser takes up a new job as CEO and pursues the American ideals that she, her family, and generations of Black philanthropists hold dear.
