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The Biggest Question You Can Ask in Life

Tim Schlak -
A Buddhist teacher once nudged me along the path by rephrasing a question my mind kept posing to itself. Who am I? my question repeated, but with the sage’s input, became What am I? This wasn’t an entirely different...
Friends & Neighbors

Ash Esposito: Weaving Neighbors Together in Baltimore, MD

Ash Esposito -
Ash Esposito shares her story here as part of Aspen Institute's Weave: Social Fabric Project of a journey from shy youth to sparking creative and expansive neighborhood connection with her fellow residents of Violetville Neighborhood in Baltimore, MD.   Weave: The...
Friends & Neighbors

Amaha Sellassie: Beloved Community is a Present Possibility (a conversation)

Amaha Sellassie -
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  For this week's episode Joey Taylor speaks with Amaha Sellassie about the Gem City Market, West Dayton Strong and his article, Beloved Community is a Present Possibility. The...
Friends & Neighbors

The Pain of Every Leader with Dan Joyner

Dan Joyner -
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. For this week's episode Joey Taylor speaks with Dan Joyner about participatory leadership, pain, fear and hospitality. Dan Joyner is...
Friends & Neighbors

Murmurations: From Rupture to Repair

Briana Herman-Brand -
Anote from adrienne maree brown: Briana Herman-Brand is a somatic practitioner and facilitator who is helping us learn how white folks become a part of racial and social justice work without centering—or disappearing—themselves. This is one of my deepest truths:...
Friends & Neighbors

How to Achieve Belonging without Othering: A Conversation with john a. powell

Steve Dubb -
Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations published by Nonprofit Quarterly with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource...
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The Imaginal Cells of the Solidarity Economy: Politics and Policy

Shareable -
What does an economy that works for all people and the planet look like? And what are the policies that can support and protect such an economy? We are living through an historic moment where a number of crises– climate...
Friends & Neighbors

Living Connected to Place and Why It Matters Now

Matt Biggar -
This article is part of Profiles in Living Connected to Place, a new series by Matt Biggar, Ph.D., that portrays individuals living connected to place with intention and the support of systems that make it possible. Living connected to...
Conversations

Community Empowerment thru Self-Mastery

Kheprw Institute -
What is the relationship between community and self? What is the place of personal development in the work of addressing local issues and cultivating stronger local relationships? How can we hold space for conflict and for many generations in...
Conversations

Tim Vogt: Placekeeping & Holding the Long Story

Tim Vogt -
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  For this week's episode we partner with April Doner and the Abundant Community to speak with Tim Vogt about an article...
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When It Comes to Cultivating Connectedness and Social Innovation, Aim For Discoverables, Not Deliverables

DeAmon Harges -
John McKnight said, “A competent community creates space for what is unknowable about life.” Too often, however, philanthropists and funding opportunities emphasize a desire for outcomes that produce neat, tidy, and predictable deliverables but waste opportunities to learn about...
Friends & Neighbors

Murmurations: Moving from Punishment to Accountability

Kung Li Sun -
A note from adrienne maree brown: Kung Li Sun is an organizer who is always thinking of how to create radical collaborative spaces, from her Queer Fit radical health practice, to collective writing space, to the alternative history she’s...
Friends & Neighbors

The Response: Resist & Build with Emily Kawano, Matthew Slaats and Edget Betru

Emily Kawano -
The Response is a podcast produced by Shareable exploring how communities respond to disaster — from hurricanes to wildfires to reactionary politics and more. This episode features organizers stewarding the "Resist and Build" coalition and gatherings in the United...
Friends & Neighbors

Democracy Through the Looking Glass

Angela Fell -
Angela Fell of Northern Heart & Soul, and one of the caretakers of the Neighbourhood Democracy Movement, spoke at the Democracy Summit, hosted by the Democracy Network in December 2022. Her talk explored what democracy might mean if our starting point...
Friends & Neighbors

Poem: My Intentions Are Good

adrienne maree brown -
adrienne maree brown is an author, poet, and teacher of approaches to change. In her poem below, adrienne speaks to the openings we face daily between intention and reality, overwhelm and focus, despair and hope.   my intentions are good   my intentions are...
Conversations

Who Do We Choose To Be? Meg Wheatley and Peter Block

Meg Wheatley -
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and structures of belonging.  This episode is the Abundant Community Conversation from August 2 where Amy Howton speaks with Meg Wheatley and Peter Block about the new edition of Meg’s...
Friends & Neighbors

Bridging the Divide: Strategies for Reducing Polarization at the Neighborhood Level

Ivis Garcia -
This reflection draws from the collective insights of approximately 60 members of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute, who come from all walks of life and hail from diverse backgrounds. Their focus on local level initiatives and activities have provided...
Friends & Neighbors

Rev. Ben McBride: The Slow Practice of Belonging

Ben McBride -
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging.  Your host is Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp. In this episode, Joey Taylor and Rabbi Terlinchamp speak with Reverend Ben McBride. About...
Friends & Neighbors

Community Ownership in Practice

Amaha Sellassie -
This recent discussion, hosted by Shareable, Resist & Build’s SE Narrative Circle, the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network, and the New Economy Coalition, offers inspiring examples of what community-ownership can look like in practice in our communities.   Imaginal Cells of the...
Friends & Neighbors

Power is Bond

Yuki Jackson -
The Common Good podcast is a conversation about the significance of place, eliminating economic isolation and the structure of belonging. In this episode, Common Good partnered with April Doner and the Abundant Community to speak with Yuki Jackson.   Yuki Jackson...
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