Engage for Impact

The Social Innovation Forum creates positive social change in greater Boston by engaging leaders, strengthening organizations, and building networks.

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Mill City Grows family — Mill City Grows, a 2014 Social Innovator

Mission

The Innovation

Across greater Boston, leaders are implementing effective solutions to critical social issues and seek partners to help grow their impact.
The Catalyst

The Social Innovation Forum (SIF) connects these leaders with local supporters who seek new ways to use their resources – money, time and talent – to create positive social change.
The Impact

SIF increases the leaders’ capacity for social change and builds networks that continue to accelerate impact in the community.

Innovator Spotlight

Veterans Legal Services

Veterans Legal Services' mission is to promote self-sufficiency, stability, and financial security of homeless and low-income veterans through free and accessible legal services.

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Wednesday, May 19

On Wednesday, May 19 from 3:30-5:30 pm, come and hear six dynamic nonprofit leaders present their solutions to our region's most challenging social issues. Our Social Innovator Showcase attracts an audience of more than 350 foundation leaders, donors, next-gen donors, and community leaders interested in helping these organizations achieve their visions and expand their impact.

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Featured Content

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Courageous & Creative Leadership

On June 3rd, SIF welcomes the funder community to participate in a dialogue with our 2019 cohort. Hear how Social Innovators and funders innovated in the face of unanticipated challenges advancing the missions of these eight organizations over the last two years. Attendees will share best practices and reflect on their own learnings.
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SIF’s Team Response to Verdict on George Floyd Murder

On April 20, 2021, at 4:00 pm, our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion meeting about our team goals was canceled. We received a note with the option to gather informally without an agenda as most of us wrestled with our emotions of anxiety, hope, anger, and frustration. Over the last year and a half, our team has been more intentional about our DEI learning and have come to understand the impact of the world around us and how it can carry with us even at work. We have learned that creating safe spaces at work can help during trying times. Although team members might not have the same need, the option to meet informally is one in which anyone can show up and take as much space as they need. At 4:30 pm, we were still waiting to hear the jury’s verdict on Derek Chauvin's trial. There was a sudden stillness in our Zoom call – a moment in which we shared a deep appreciation of our humanity. As the end of the working day came, some team members dropped off but others stayed on. There were four of us remaining at the end. We all absorbed the news with quiet relief while acknowledging that real justice would mean George Floyd being alive.
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2021 Social Innovator Showcase

On May 19, come and hear six of Greater Boston's most dynamic nonprofit leaders present their solutions to our region's most challenging social issues. The Social Innovator Showcase brings together an audience of more than 350 foundation leaders, donors, next-gen donors, and community leaders interested in helping these organizations achieve their visions and expand their impact.

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