Arbor Publications

“The Evaluator in the Field as an Outsider Within”, perspectives on Applied Sociology, published by the American Sociological Association, March 2008, Volume 36, Issue 3.
Author: Mindy Fried

“Network Weaving:  Using Organizational Strategies for Work-Life Integration”, a case study of the use of organizational development strategies to assist a global manufacturing company with employees’ work-life issues, 2008.
Author: Mindy Fried and Mindy Gewirtz

“Getting Compensation for Child Care Workers on the Policy Agenda in Massachusetts, study of efforts to increase compensation for early childhood teachers, published by the Urban Institute, 2002.
Author: Mindy Fried, co-authored with Lynn Hatch

“Workplace Culture and Parental Leave Policy,” Chapter One excerpt from book, Taking Time:  Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture, Temple University Press. Philadelphia:  1998.
Author: Mindy Fried

“Measuring the Impact of Workplace Flexibility”, results of national workplace flexibility study, published by Boston College Center for Work & Family, 2000.
Author: Mindy Fried

“Confronting the Health Care Workforce Shortage in Africa”, a vignette regarding the role of Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in addressing the health care workforce shortage in Africa, 2008.
Author: Arbor Consulting Partners

“Working for Change in Uganda”, a vignette about the work of Ugandan physician Dr. Julian Atim and her collaboration with Physicians for Human Rights to promote a health and human rights agenda in Uganda, 2008.
Author:Arbor Consulting Partners

“Mobilizing Health Professionals to Halt the Feminization of AIDS”, a vignette about the process through which Physicians for Human Rights broadened its HIV/AIDS Campaign to address the impact of the pandemic on women and girls, 2008.
Author:Arbor Consulting Partners

“Learning from Nature in the Urban Wilds”, an article about teaching natural science in elementary school with a place-based, experiential educational focus, published in the Community Works Journal, Summer, 2005.
Author: Margaret Connors

Inner-City Pesticide Use as an Environmental Injustice: A Boston Neighborhood Case Study Executive Summary © 2008 Neighborhood Pesticide Action Committee (NPAC) www.NPACBoston.org
Author: Margaret Connors

Net Gains: A Handbook for Network Builders Seeking Social Change (2006)
This handbook provides the growing number of people who are developing networks for social change with practical advice based on the experiences of network builders, case studies of networks small and large, local and international, and emerging scientific knowledge about “connectivity.”
Author: Madeleine Taylor and Peter Plastrik

Network Power for Philanthropy and Nonprofits (2004) This article makes the case for more deliberate use of network principles and practices to advance social change agendas.

Companion Article: Lawrence Community Works: Using the Power of Networks to Restore a City (2004)
Author: Madeleine Taylor and Peter Plastrik

“An Emerging Framework for Assessing Nonprofit Networks” In Harvard Family Research Project Journal: Evaluation Exchange Vol 13, #1, Spring 2007
Author: Madeleine Taylor and Peter Plastrik

"Immigration Engagement in Public Open Space: Strategies for the New Boston"
Authors: Madeleine Taylor and Ashley Lanfer