Networks for Equity and Systems ChangeThe events of the past year have made clear what many in and outside of philanthropy already knew: that equality in resource distribution is not…
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From Learning to Doing
Many years ago I was teaching high school English on a small island in SE Alaska. I asked the class to compare a piece of literature to the story of…
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Experimenting Towards Liberated Governance
Over a year ago, Vu Le published an article about the current models for nonprofit boards. The title “The default nonprofit board model is archaic and toxic; let’s try some new…
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The illusion of hopelessness
The war in Ukraine is a symptom of something bigger— and within reachIn times of war, we are led to believe we are powerless.We are told that violence is inevitable,…
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Seeing the World Through a Network Lens
June Holley offers Network Weaving Workshop, another training slide deck for use in your organization or network. It provides an introduction to many network concepts and includes a number of…
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Governance – the overlooked route to transformation: How can we best organise for change?
What are the current governance approaches and ways of organising that are being used in attempts to create systems change? What would more systemic governance approaches for our work look/feel like…
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Energy Network Literacy: On Care-full Dis-Connection, Dis-Entanglement and Regenerative Flow Management
“i think of movements as intentional worlds, or perhaps more accurately as worlds designed by and for intentional people, those who are able to feel the world not as an…
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Rising Through Resilience: Dr Froswa’ Booker-Drew On The Five Things You Can Do To Become More Resilient
Watch your thinking. One of my favorite quotes is “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits.”…
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Reimagining a Regenerative Future — Part 2
Scripting new stories, seeking the unseen, unheard, unknown, unacknowledged…The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.~ Ralph Waldo EmersonEmerson’s line couldn’t have been…
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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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