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Let’s Measure What Matters to Well-Being

In 1968 Robert Kennedy critiqued the Gross National Product (GNP) as a flawed measure of progress; he noted that the GNP measures everything (in money terms) "except that which makes worth while." Our work is motivated by Kennedy’s challenge:...

Measuring What Matters

Pioneering economist Mark Anielski outlines the pitfalls of relying on gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of societal wealth. Instead, we need to measure the things that matter most to us to really understand how we're doing. And...

7 Practical Ideas for Compassionate Communities, From Free College to Debt Relief

1. 100,000 homes so far Teams of volunteers across the country hit the streets early in the morning to put a name and a face to the long-term homeless in their communities. The volunteers started canvassing at 4 a.m., combing...

Community Health Vital for Healthy People

Leana Wen, MD, an emergency physician who has worked in inner city hospitals in St. Louis, Boston and Washington, D.C., writes in her blog about the painful experience of administering short term fixes to patients whose long term afflictions lie...

Every Block a Village

When St. Anne's Hospital closed in 1988, Jacqueline Reed was busy as a third-year extended evening program student at , a fellow at the Chicago Community trust and a mother raising four children with her husband, Ronald. But Reed...

The Invitation Conversation and the Power of “A Small Group” of Committed People

More than two years ago, Gary Robbins, Meagan Lauer and I got together after an ASG  monthly gathering and decided to work on a few common interests together. One item was to develop a workshop where the three of...

Community Conversations: A Big Impact in a Small Village

What do people across North America today believe the job of community is? Where do they experiencing belonging and caring? What prevents them from experiencing deep and meaningful connections with others? Beyond curiosity, these questions reveal a desire to...

How 32,000 Neighborhoods Use Nextdoor to Share with Neighbors

From tools and food to toys and babysitting, 9 out of 10 Americans say they are willing to share resources with their neighbors. So says a recent survey sponsored by Nextdoor, the free and private social network for neighborhoods. Nextdoor...

Deepening Community

Foreword to Deepening Community: Finding Joy Together in Choatic Times, by Paul Born   The idea of community is all around us and increasingly on our lips. It sells real estate, markets social technology, and appears in the mission statements of most...

How Exactly Do We Find Joy Together in Chaotic Times?

We are living in chaotic times. Unemployment rates are increasing along with feelings of loneliness and isolation; people live far from family and friends and so, seek care from professionals; neighbourhoods have tall fences, automatic garage doors, and focus social...

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Corporate Capture: Can We Find a Way Out?

This article, published originally by Nonprofit Quarterly, from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” The aircraft manufacturer Boeing,...