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The Collective Genius team offers decades of experience working in and with local government leadership. And through numerous public and […]

– by Melinda Swan, Founder and CEO

She will be class valedictorian at a D.C. high school graduation. She won a full-ride scholarship to Georgetown University. Her graduation speech will thank all of the teachers who invested in her mind, cared for her heart and encouraged her dreams. She loves herself and takes pride in what she has achieved in just 18 years of life.

And she’s homeless.

I wonder what kind of graduation party they throw in a shelter?

Thomas Friedman’s prophecies have materialized in my life (and for those of you who have not read his bestselling book

In his 2005 book, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell describes the rapid cognition process humans sometimes use to reach conclusions. It’s how

For much of my professional life, I have enjoyed the privilege of writing about hunger. What it means to say