Thoughtful essay on the relationship between real community-based governance and sustained systemic change, and how the nonprofit sector plays a key role: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/08/18/1-1-10-community-governance-for-democracy/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=21381641&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–OsXT644Lky2Lmn52K0U8Vd8zzfe5aPyrWMSjxmVi6RaRikurkqTxbG_TZT4lKyyltdklOB8FPqDf2OQsirM9qM-E8ZD3KvYPc6DFD0v02ZIrVRZY&_hsmi=21381641