Natalie Mitchell recently joined the Hewlett Foundation as an Education Program officer. She supports our deep investments in select school districts around the country, as well as organizations that bring students and communities to the decision-making table on education issues. We spoke with Natalie about how her background in public schools is informing her early…
The Yampa River runs through Craig, Colorado and a community-led revitalization effort is reconnecting residents to it. Already a destination for floating and elk hunting, the new Yampa River Corridor Project will restore the riverway for the public and wildlife; incorporate a new in-river whitewater park, boat ramps, and river access; and rebuild the system…
Growing up across the street from my grandparents meant that I had a front-row seat to their extensive network that reached from Louisiana to California and everywhere in between. As a child, I often found myself underneath the coffee table in their living room, where they hosted visitors from our large extended family, also transplants…
Cliquez ici pour lire en français | Haga click aquí para leer en Español Mallika Dutt recently joined the foundation as program director for Gender Equity and Governance. We spoke with Mallika about her trajectory, the importance of listening to the people who are most affected by the systems we are trying to change, the role of…
Click here to read in English | Haga click aquí para leer en Español Mallika Dutt a récemment rejoint la fondation en tant que directrice du programme d’Equité des Genres et Gouvernance. Nous avons parlé avec Mallika de sa trajectoire de vie, de l’importance d’être à l’écoute des personnes les plus touchées par les systèmes…
Cliquez ici pour lire en français | Click here to read in English Mallika Dutt se ha unido a la fundación como directora del Programa de Equidad de Género y Gobernanza. Hablamos con Mallika sobre su trayectoria, la importancia de escuchar a las personas más afectadas por los sistemas que intentamos cambiar, del papel de…
This piece was originally featured in The New Common Sense newsletter from our Economy and Society Initiative. Read more from this edition. It feels as though the past two years have marked a significant turning point against the neoliberal paradigm and form of political economy. Though not dispositive, we see it in the return of industrial policy, in public…
For years, environmental nonprofits and foundations alike have talked about addressing historic and ongoing exclusion in the communities they serve, the staff they hire, and the boards that guide their decision-making. While systemic and sustained change have been elusive, we have seen progress. Philanthropies like the Hewlett Foundation are providing increased funding to under-resourced, frontline…
In his 1939 essay, “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us,” John Dewey wrote, “Democracy is a way of personal life controlled not merely by faith in human nature in general but by faith in the capacity of human beings for intelligent judgment and action if proper conditions are furnished.” Over the past two decades,…
This piece was originally featured in The New Common Sense newsletter from our Economy and Society Initiative. Read more from this edition. The many failings of the political and economic paradigm known as “neoliberalism” are, by now, all too familiar. However suited it may have been to address stagflation in the 1970s, neoliberal policy has in the decades since…