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Friends & Neighbors

Change the Story to Change the World

Duane Elgin -
The next five to ten years represent an unprecedented break in the human journey. We are between stories, or the guiding narratives, that serve as beacons for our collective future. For example, the "American Dream" that pulled the U.S....
Stories

Libraries Leading Community

Laura Fulton -
I am very lucky to live in place that is home to a large number of excellent public libraries. Going to the library is a regular family outing in my household. It is a place to get out of...
Friends & Neighbors

Gambling on Community in Las Vegas, NV

Richard C. Harwood -
I was in Las Vegas where I discovered a community — once on top of the world — fighting to come back in the wake of the Great Recession. What people in Las Vegas are doing offers a vision of...
Stories

Inspirations for 2012 Community

Jan Bennett -
Every new year ushers in with it new goals and resolutions made with the intent of betterment for self and community. For those who need a bit of encouragement for 2012 goal setting, State of the Re:Union passes along...
Friends & Neighbors

About Time

Clare Goff -
Now aged 77, Edgar Cahn – or “Father Time” as he is known – is showing no signs of slowing down.  The US-born inventor of timebanking is at the end of a trip to the UK, during which he...
Friends & Neighbors

Christmas 2011 — Birth of a New Tradition

Abundant Community -
  An anonymous email making its way around the Web and into inboxes these last few weeks echoes many of John and Peter’s thoughts on finding a life of abundance “within walking distance.” Searches for the author of the piece...
Stories

Bring & Fix

Abundant Community -
Imagine a “gifts fair” where neighbors share their knowledge and skills with their neighbors. Need a garment hemmed? Want some help preparing a presentation? Looking for gardening advice? Getting people together to work on anything from fixing a flat bicycle...
Stories

Leading from the Back and Front…Can It Be Done?

April Doner -
Since October, I've been working to organize a grassroots creative-economy movement in my town, yet finding myself necessary in the "front" as one of the founders of an Arts Collective (Uprise Art Collective). In a nutshell, I'm struggling with the...
Peter Block

The Economy Is in Our Hands, We Just Don’t Know It

Peter Block -
If you believe the news, the future of the economy is in the hands of President Obama, Chairman Bernanke of the Federal Reserve, Prime Minister Cameron in Britain,  Italian and Greek debt, the G5, BRIC, and everyone else but...
Stories

The San Diego Social Innovation Trust

Meredith McNair -
One of the greatest hindrances to solving a community's social issues is a disconnect between its public, private and philanthropic sectors.  Last April, San Diego consulting firm Harder+Company Community Research and a small group of community leaders initiated a...
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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,...
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