RIVERSIDE,CA- The Center for Social Innovation, a research center that aims to highlight the potential of Inland California as a focal point for innovation and intends to spark investment in the area was launched on Feb 9. The research center will aim to dispel the image of Inland California as an area of poverty and need. The center is funded by the San Francisco-based James Irvine Foundation, the Weingart Foundation of Los Angeles and...
the Miami Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. The center comprises four UCR faculty-led research groups which focus on vital disciplines for Inland California. These groups include the Civic Engagement Group, the Economic Mobility Group, the Immigration Research Group and the Leadership and Entrepreneurship Group.
Directed by Karthick Ramakrishnan, public policy and political science professor and associate dean at the School of Public Policy at UCR, the Leadership and Entrepreneurship Group will focus on new opportunities in order to boost nonprofit innovation in Inland California. The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Group will focus on key operations such as the coordination of regional policy summits, the creation of a nonprofit fellowship program, a nonprofit summer institute and a peer network and mentor network that encourage and sustain social innovation and nonprofit leadership. During the launch event, Ramakrishnan stated, “The Inland area is the future of California — future jobs, future housing, future population growth … we’re highlighting the kinds of solutions that are happening at the local level in this region, with important implications not only for the rest of the state but for the country.”
Directed by Karthick Ramakrishnan, public policy and political science professor and associate dean at the School of Public Policy at UCR, the Leadership and Entrepreneurship Group will focus on new opportunities in order to boost nonprofit innovation in Inland California. The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Group will focus on key operations such as the coordination of regional policy summits, the creation of a nonprofit fellowship program, a nonprofit summer institute and a peer network and mentor network that encourage and sustain social innovation and nonprofit leadership. During the launch event, Ramakrishnan stated, “The Inland area is the future of California — future jobs, future housing, future population growth … we’re highlighting the kinds of solutions that are happening at the local level in this region, with important implications not only for the rest of the state but for the country.”
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