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Advancing Community-Based Violence Intervention With Jamila Hodge and Sarita Gupta
We can transform the justice system by breaking cycles of trauma.
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Harm Reduction in the Heartland: Combating the Opioid Crisis in Appalachia
The opioid crisis affects people of every race, class, and location, and it continues to be a public health crisis. In Kentucky, three of our grantees are working with state and local governments and community members to bring resources and support to those who need it most.
The Cultural Leaders Protecting Civic Space Worldwide
Meet the artists and organizations of Ford’s Creativity and Civic Space initiative, which addresses the importance of protecting and expanding civic space around the world. The initiative provides support to nine artists working to create open spaces and dialogues about the issues that affect their communities most.
Investing in Change: Why We Must Support Women and Gender-Diverse Leaders
The numbers don’t lie: There are tremendous economic advantages to elevating women and gender-diverse leaders—and equally large costs to bear if we don’t.
Democracy at a Crossroads: A Call for Courageous Leadership
The only way to protect democracy, to preserve democracy, is through the give and take—through the slow, sometimes-frustrating, consensus-building machinery that our founders engineered.
Equity in Women’s Sports with Billie Jean King and Clara Wu Tsai
Our conversation series “Ideas at Ford With Charles Blow” debuts, featuring two sports icons.
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The Future Is Hers
Around the world, women have become an unstoppable force. They are rewriting the rules, redefining power, and reimagining what equality looks like. With their collective power, anything is possible. Inequality will be a thing of the past—the future is hers.
Vanguards of Justice
Find out what it takes to lead today’s movements for voting rights, criminal justice reform, protecting workers and migrants, Black entrepreneurship and more.
Raising the Bar: The Social Justice Leaders Making History at the Supreme Court
Five grantees tell us about their work in pivotal cases that went before the Court.