Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE)’s Civic Language Perceptions Project is a three-year exploration into what Americans think about terms that are commonplace in “professional” civic spaces but perhaps not the everyday word choice of many people– terms like democracy, privilege, and … Read more about Talking about civics without going over their heads

In late March, I (Kristen) co-keynoted the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE)'s Philanthropy Day Summit with Robert Dortch, Jr. from Dortch Group (and the chair of Philanthropy Southeast). The event theme was “Reimagining Philanthropy for a Healthier Democracy” and Robert and I talked about our … Read more about What is the role of philanthropy to get our democracy back on track without being polarizing?

Thank you to everyone who listened to the debut episode of my new podcast, Keeping Pace with Kristen, on SoundCloud! I received great feedback on the episode all around, but I especially appreciate the question posed by Ian H. Solomon, Dean and Professor at University of Virginia Frank Batten School … Read more about Thank you for listening — here’s the poll results!