Regardless of our level of involvement in the presidential election, we’ve most likely found our attention being pulled outside of ourselves in both enlivening and exhausting ways. After the pre-recorded […]
Archives for November 2012
Todd Paglia | Speaking for the Trees
Todd Paglia started his advocacy career with Ralph Nader in 1995 by taking on some of the largest companies in the US on issues of corporate welfare and consumer protection. He also […]
adrienne maree brown | american revolutionary
i assert my solutions as the living embodiment of my nationality… i’m testing that statement out. for a long time, most of my conscious political life, i have not thought […]
november 2012
Rights of Indigenous People The Global Issues site contains a very large selection of articles on social, political, economic and environmental issues. For now we focus on the many articles […]
november 2012
“So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even the most open-minded westerners generally view listening to […]
Namu Kie Butsu | Sewing as Practice
Namu kie butsu. That was the chant that I said over and over (and over) again, as I sewed the wagesa. Last month, I volunteered to sew for incarcerated members […]
Forest Ethics | Forests for the Trees
Over the past few years ForestEthics has made huge environmental progress, including protecting the Great Bear Rainforest, Canada’s Boreal Forest, and shifting the practices of the paper industry. They are […]
Say Yes!
November is always an interesting time of year. We turn the clocks back, vote for local, state, and national officials, share Thanksgiving with loved ones, and begin the challenging […]
One Fire Development Corporation | Context Is Everything
Native Americans face extraordinary challenges when entering the philanthropic maze created by foundations. While $5.4 billion is awarded in grants across the United States, less than one percent is targeted […]
B. Loewe | An End to Self Care
Is the focus on self care driving us away from community care? Or not? B. Loewe’s article, which calls for the end of self care as a means towards collective […]
Fields Wicker-Miurin | Learning from Leadership’s “Missing Manual”
At a TED salon in London, Fields Wicker-Miurin shares three stories about unique leaders from around the world. These stories of remarkable, local leaders display how powerful the connection is […]
The Praxis Project | EAT4Health Fellowship Program
Praxis and Community Science have started a new fellowship program for leaders in the food justice community. They aim to strengthen leadership and learning for food policy advocates in order […]