All our current global challenges can basically be traced back to one underlying paradigm or myth: That we are separate from others and the world. When we try to address challenges…
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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…
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It takes a villageLast week, I interviewed Phoebe Tickell on imagination activism and the space between having solutions at hand and deploying them in the right way to build a better world.Phoebe…
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“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 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 ReadingChanging the Conversation Around Reproductive Justice
“Reproductive justice” was first coined in 1994 by the Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice and defined in 1997 by Sister Song (a formal outgrowth of that group) as “the human…
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…
Continue ReadingBending the Arc Toward Racial Justice
PART 1: Juicy Questions about Building Capacity for Racial JusticeIf you’re a regular reader or part of Interaction Institute for Social Change’s network, you’ll know that we build collaborative capacity…
Continue ReadingYes! We Rise Podcast: Weaving Powerful Networks in Communities
The Yes! We Rise podcast features solutions-seekers, change-makers, and those creating a resilient future. We share stories and strategies to inspire action to build resilience and community transformation. In this episode, Christine Muehlman Gyovai…
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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