Today, USI’s Stanford Social Innovation Review featured piece titled “Framing the Future with Love.” is out!
Our supplement opens with the poem below, “When Love Leads” written by USI’s Asani Shakur, that calls us back to what matters most in community change—our shared humanity, our connections to one another, and our responsibility to build systems rooted in care, dignity, and possibility.
At USI, love is not an afterthought—it is central to how we show up alongside children, families, and communities. For nearly five decades, we’ve committed to people-centered, place-based work that honors residents as co-creators of their own futures, and to cross-sector partnerships that align investments around what families say they need to thrive.
We invite you to spend time with this piece, share it with your colleagues, and use it to spark conversation about how love shows up in your own work and institutions.
Today, you can download “Framing the Future with Love” and the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s website. Thank you for walking with us as we center families, reimagine systems, and co-create a future grounded in love, equity, and opportunity.
