“It’s not possible to let love and care flow freely and sustainably to others, or to engage—from the level of one’s very being—in equitable, love-based system change if there are…
Continue ReadingIndigenous and Afro-descendent Ancestral Practices and Community Philanthropy in the Americas
For centuries, communities in Latin America and the Caribbean have been practicing reciprocal assistance. Strengthening mutual trust, pooling assets, and building capacity helps people adapt to changing conditions and opportunities,…
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Continuing the conversation about ‘capitalism after the crisis’In February 2023 The Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers penned this piece in The Monthly — Capitalism after the crisis. We were buoyed. The current…
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The Changemaker Authors Cohort, a partnership with the Unicorn Authors Club, is a new, yearlong intensive coaching program supporting full-time movement activists and social justice practitioners to complete books that create…
Continue ReadingOn Remedy and Redress as Network Principles
“I am trying to shape my despair into some form of action, but for now, I am standingon the cold edge of grief”– Terry Tempest Williams, “Erosion: Essays of Undoing”Once in…
Continue ReadingScaling Deep: Where it came from and more to go
Many years ago now, I was attending a gathering convened by the McConnell Foundation at a pretty hotel in Toronto. It was back in the early social innovation days, when…
Continue ReadingGovernance Dilemmas — Boundary Conditions for Navigating Networked Peacebuilding
As actors engaged in peacebuilding and social change, we often find ourselves grappling with complex dynamics while facilitating the establishment of effective governance systems. Three recurring themes, or dilemmas, have…
Continue ReadingThe magic of finding my peers of relationship-centred practitioners
In briefOn the 23rd November 2022, 80 relationship-centred practitioners came together at Northumbria University to unpack the how, what and why of relationship-centred practice. Relationships Project shared some of our…
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I am recently back from the Transformations Community gathering in Prague in the Czech Republic and still savoring and making sense of the time. That trip capped a flurry of work travel…
Continue ReadingA Bold Experiment in Relationships, Power & Imagining Leadership Otherwise
A Sterling Network NYC ReportReport written by Judy Pryor-Ramirez – Independent Research Consultant and shared here by Phil Li & Trish Adobea Tchume – Robert Sterling Clark FoundationSince 2016 when…
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