Creating narratives that are harbingers of life-affirming paradigm shifts This is an extraordinary time full of vital, transformative movements that could not be foreseen. It’s also a nightmarish time. Full…
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Who Decides Who Decides?
Have you ever started a group that started with enthusiasm and fizzled out over time? I have. Even more often, I have joined groups that other people started… that fizzled…
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Organizing Liberatory Networks: An Invitation
These are emerging reflections on the work we have done within networks, which includes networks for and led by people of color, multi-racial networks, queer networks, immigrant networks, and other…
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5 Strategies for Combining Equity with Sociocracy
The key promise of sociocracy is that all voices matter. In reality our current sociocracy practices are not enough to overcome the way society systemically oppresses the voices of people…
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Advancing the Environmental Literacy Movement: Connecting, Reinforcing, Aligning and Resourcing a Network-of-Networks
Environmental education is a powerful way to teach PK-12 students and change behaviors that impact our environment. It has been shown to positively influence students’ academic success, confidence, critical thinking,…
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Centering equity within networks
Collective Mind hosts regular Community Conversations with our global learning community. These sessions create space for network professionals to connect, share experiences, and cultivate solutions to common problems experienced by networks. Our…
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Collaborative Funding for a Just Transition
Several months ago I was interviewed by Leslie Meehan and Ben Roberts of Now What?! The topic was Collaborative Funding for a Just Transition and we explored innovative strategies to generate needed…
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Power dynamics: A systemic inquiry
Why this article? Purpose and position The word power keeps popping up wherever I turn. Through my ten years of doing my doctorate action research it was all over my…
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The Story of the Clouds and the Forest
There’s a story one often hears in conversations about systemic transformation that goes like this… We are headed in the wrong direction and there’s very little time to reverse course. …
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A Framework For Universal Well Being
A note from the Editor: What follows is generously brought to you by The Weaving Lab and taken directly from their Framework for Universal Well Being. You can download the…
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