If there is one thing that my team at the Marion Institute hears over and over from me it's "lets walk our talk". I believe that we need to authentically be the change we wish to see and advocate for this change through example. So I, along … [Read more...]
Connecting for Change Is Coming To New Bedford This Weekend.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead This weekend, inspiring leaders of social causes will descend upon New Bedford Massachusetts … [Read more...]
A New Recipe for the American Food System
Food sovereignty is an issue we will likely hear a lot about in coming years. Basically, it is the right a community has to determine where its food comes from. Outbreaks of food-borne illness receive great attention, but concerns about our … [Read more...]
Changing the World (Right Now)
If you had a magic wand, and you could wave it and create a world full of light, love, justice and peace, when do you think you would choose to use it? Would you get around to it as soon as you were done with your education? Would you do it … [Read more...]
Connecting for Change
In the mythology of many of the native peoples on Earth, there is a prophesy that when the Earth is most in peril, a spider woman will weave a web connecting people with one another in order for them to do what has to be done to save the … [Read more...]