Tag: community

Accountability in a Time of Justice

Via Vivette Jeffries-Logan, Michelle Johnson, Tema Okun.  Accountability in a Time of Justice Vivette Jeffries-Logan, Michelle Johnson, Tema Okun If you have come to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine then let’s work together. Aboriginal Activist Sisters Accountability is a well-worn … Read More

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The Science of Mattering: How to Gauge Theatre’s Impact

Via American Theatre. The Science of Mattering: How to Gauge Theatre’s Impact Can theatre’s intrinsic value to audiences be measured? Three new studies point the way. BY ANTHONY RHINE In the middle part of the last century, the nation’s big advertising firms started hiring behavioral experts with Ph.D.s in psychology under the assumption that advertising might be … Read More

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20 Ways Not to Be a Gentrifier

Via AlterNet. 20 Ways Not to Be a Gentrifier Written by Dannette Lambert / AlterNet  Gentrification is the word of the day. As the wealthiest in this country flock to major metropolitan centers like San Francisco and New York, and the rest get pushed out into the margins, many people are asking, “Am I a gentrifier? Is it … Read More

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Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

Via GoodReads.  Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh (Goodreads Author) During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country’s changing economic policies solidified her family’s place among the working poor. By telling the story … Read More

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Leading from the Roots

Via GoodReads. Leading from the Roots by Kathleen E. Allen, Carol S. Pearson (Foreword) Can we design organizations in a way that creates a space where employees, the organization, and the larger community all thrive? And if so, where can we go for inspiration to help us achieve this goal? Via GoodReads.

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Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life

Via Amazon.  Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connected Life by Radha Agrawal  (Author)  Get ready to focus on the single most important thing you can do to live a happy, healthy, and successful life: BELONG. “Read this book, do what it says, and discover exactly where you fit in.” —John Mackey, Co-founder … Read More

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