Why this article? Purpose and positionThe word power keeps popping up wherever I turn. Through my ten years of doing my doctorate action research it was all over my notes…
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Trust Emerges Over Time
Imagine a research-intensive organization where scientists should be sharing what they learn, and the official company policy is to share information and expertise among public and private partners. However, the…
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A Journey Toward Becoming an Anti-Racist and Multicultural Organization
A note from the editor: This post is a letter sent on April 16th from The Wallace Center at Winrock International to it’s friends and colleagues. Network Weaver asked to…
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This is How #WeGovern
Last year, we witnessed the near collapse of our collective systems—the systems that should be sustaining us when we need them most.And the truth is, they’ve been failing us for…
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Is Defunding Police Departments Right for Your City?
Is Defunding Police Departments Right for Your City?Will it Lead to Sustainable Success or Catastrophic Failure?People around the world are protesting against racism and police brutality. The system is breaking…
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NETWORK VALUES
Having a group or network take a values survey raises awareness of the values and behaviors that enable networks to be system shifting or transformational.Network Weaver has published a Network…
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DECENTRALIZED NETWORKS PART II: THE REVOLUTION WILL BE BUILT ON TRUST
Read PART I: Decentralized Networks And The Black Radical Tradition: From Collective Organizing to Building Black Futures. HEREIn this month’s feature, Kei Williams shares their “activating moment,” touches on movement building tools and shares their…
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HEALING MEANS JUSTICE MEANS HEALING
This article on systemic change and restorative justice was written and published by The Bramble Project on April, 19th, 2020 – prior to the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives…
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BRAVE QUESTIONS: RECALCULATING PAY EQUITY
Asking Brave QuestionsPerhaps it was a gutsy move. The four of us, a multi-racial team of independent consultants for social justice organizations, working with a local food justice nonprofit on…
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DECENTRALIZED NETWORKS AND THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION – PART 1
FROM COLLECTIVE ORGANIZING TO BUILDING BLACK FUTURESEvery second Thursday of the month, Network Weavers Yasmin Yonis, Kiara Nagel and Marie DeMange host a Community of Practice conversation on Zoom. The skill-building space is…
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