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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Coaching for Change, 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.

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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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2022 Social Innovators!

Welcoming our 2022 Social Innovator Cohort!

The Social Innovation Forum (SIF) has selected eight nonprofit organizations to participate in SIF’s 2022 “Social Innovator Accelerator,” a 24-month capacity-building program that helps nonprofit organizations gain visibility, expand their networks, and connect with philanthropic and in-kind resources to accelerate their work.

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Featured Content

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Social Issue Talk: Filling Gaps in the Youth Workforce Development Ecosystem

SPEAKERS:
Christine Abrams, President & CEO (Commonwealth Corporation)
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A Story of Strength, Connection, and Hope

On November 19th, the Social Innovation Forum (SIF) hosted a private advanced screening of “America’s Family,” a narrative feature film starring, written and directed by filmmaker Anike Tourse. The film, which has been nearly twenty years in the making, chronicles the stories of five mixed-ethnic, mixed-status family members who are on a journey to reunite after being separated through ICE intervention. Their journey comes with the discovery that the strength and commitment of the family is much stronger than they think. The film highlights the struggle that so many immigrants and their families face trying to find their place in a polarized and, at times, explicitly unwelcoming atmosphere.
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Learn About CORE - SIF's New National Initiative

The Social Innovation Forum (SIF) is delighted to announce the selection of its Community Organizations Reimagining Ecosystems (CORE) cohort, a new leadership initiative focused on place‐based work and social change. At a November 5th kick‐off event, sixteen leaders from organizations in eight different cities began to form connections in an effort to deepen their work and accelerate local models for social change.