Community engagement is a term applied in various contexts, often meaning different things to different audiences. It is sometimes used interchangeably with other concepts such as community outreach or community…
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Reframing Power and Embracing What is Possible
Lighting the Candle of Liberatory GovernanceAs phase two of the WeGovern Learning Community winds to a close, participants gathered to reflect on their journey.This community came together with a shared commitment to…
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Weaving at Work
Over the past few years, I have been increasingly influenced by the concept of “weaving” — what for me means connecting people, ideas, and projects to foster more collaborative social…
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Applying regenerative practice to systems beyond place — some thoughts
By way of introduction: spiky fruitIt’s the first of October, and I’ve been writing this piece for over half a year! Yesterday this cactus caught my eye. The spiky leaves…
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Belonging to ourselves, each other, and the earth
From decolonization to… re-indigenization?I’ve found myself increasingly interested in the promise of ‘embodiment’: the possibilities inherent in the seemingly simple act of being attuned to what our bodies are telling…
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Being in the humanity of governance, with all its messiness and joy
Reflections from the WeGovern Learning CommunityHow do we build ways of being that uplift the collective dignity, wholeness, and thriving of one another and the lands we inhabit?How do we…
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Failing Productively in Systems Change: Key Mindsets & Practices
This era of disruption requires us to take on deeper systemic challenges. As changemakers, how do we embrace failure as an inevitable part of the work of shifting complex systems?…
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What is Network Weaving? – Q & A with June Holley
June Holley is a Wellbeing Blueprint signer who has been weaving networks, helping others weave networks and writing about networks for over 40 years. We recently sat down with June to…
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What do we mean by “community”?
Since the inception of Building Belonging, we’ve wrestled internally with this question: what are we? On our homepage we say we are: A home for people committed to building a world where…
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Energy System Science for Network Weavers: A Summary
“Culture is a verb.”– Rowen White, Seed Keeper, activist and farmer from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne “It’s all about how things are flowing.”– Gwen McClellan, acupressurist and holistic healer“A living body…
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