SPRING 2015

FROM THE CSI CO-DIRECTORS

Whether it is research, community collaboration, or student involvement, the Center for Social Innovation seeks to continue to address social problems through innovation. In order to do so, we seek continuously to harness and develop creative ideas and new ways to generate social change both in our communities and around the world.

As the school year comes to a close, we are excited to share our most recent newsletter which highlights the Center's key work over the past semester. While the school year may be ending, we have a lot to look forward to this summer and in the upcoming year, but we primarily want to look back and reflect on our most recent efforts. We hope to continue to share social innovation in our world and work to increase its practice in the field today. Join with us in highlighting innovation and working to see its continued expansion to create social change.

Dr. Stephanie Berzin & Professor Tiziana Dearing

INVESTIGATE		COLLABORATE

RESEARCHING MAGIC The new year has brought about a new work collaborative between the Center for Social Innovation (CSI) and Birthday Wishes, an organization dedicated to providing homeless children with the magic of a birthday party. The Center is excited about partnering with Birthday Wishes in this yearlong exploratory evaluation More >>		SOCIAL INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM The CSI held its first annual Social Innovation Symposium, focusing on innovative strategies to address economic injustice. Through a combination of panel discussions, workshops, and bump & spark activities, the symposium highlighted the influence of the built environment, access to assets, and social capital on fostering economic justice. More >>

INNOVATE

4th Annual Social Innovation Day

During our 4th Annual Social Innovation Day, students from the School of Social Work once again assumed the challenge of engineering new solutions to complex issues. To prepare, students came equipped with a substantial amount More >>

Students Compete for

Hult Prize

This Spring, a trio of current BCSSW MSW students showed that they're already innovating in unique ways, and flexing enough collective muscle to be recognized by two of the world's leading organizations dedicated to social innovation More >>

Chile Innovation Collaborative

Last fall, the Center for Social Innovation at Boston College began a partnership with Pontifica Universidad Catόlica in Chile to engage in a collaborative innovation project involving faculty, students, and Chilean NGOs. More >>

CSI IN THE FIELD

PROFESSOR TIZIANA DEARING spoke on WBZ "NightSide with Dan Rea" about recent police shooting of Walter Scott. More >>
PROFESSOR TIZIANA DEARING presented: Power in Philanthropy--Lessons of Failure and Success on the lessons she learned as the former CEO of Boston Rising. More >>
PROFESSOR TIZIANA DEARING discussed ways in which the mayors of Boston, New York, and Seattle can address income inequality on Radio Boston More >>
PROFESSOR TIZIANA DEARING discussed participatory budgeting in Cambridge, MA on a WGBH Panel. More >>
DR. STEPHANIE BERZIN served as keynote speaker at the Root Cause Social Innovation Speaker Series. More >>
CSI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HUMBERTO CAMARENA convened with nonprofit leaders in Santiago, Chile in May 2015 to prepare the next international Social Innovation Lab cohort.
DR. STEPHANIE BERZIN presented two papers on entrepreneurship and innovation at the Society for Social Work Research Conference: Defining Our Own Future: Human Service Leaders on Social Innovation and Do Prize Programs Improve Outcomes of Older Social Entrepreneurs' Projects? A Study of the Purpose Prize. More >>

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