Relationships Are (the) Work
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Lately, I’ve been thinking about relationships. Maybe it’s that my partner just proposed to me. Or maybe it was the time with our Project Team earlier […]
Category: Movement Building
Talking Taxes
Written by Kim Klein Today is commonly known as “Tax Day” in the United States. I am a partner in a consulting firm and we pay “estimated” taxes, so I have just […]
Connecting Taxes to the Common Good
Written by Kim Klein This post originally appeared on the Bolder Advocacy Blog For at least the past 15 years, almost all nonprofits have experienced the effects of government funding cutbacks. […]
Understanding Alignment and Scale through the New Bottom Line
Over the last few years, there’s been growing interest in – and analysis of – alliances. From the 2010 report by Manuel Pastor that Frances looked back at last week, to […]
Alliances: Trust and Transformation
A few years ago, Manuel Pastor and his colleagues put out a report, Connecting at the Crossroads documenting the emergence and importance of alliances as a key movement building strategy. Today, the […]
Detroit: Not as “Abandoned” as it Seems
Written by Caitlin Endyke There are two opposing narratives about the estimated 78,000 buildings that stand vacant and abandoned in Detroit. On one hand, the “ruins” stand as captivating relics […]
Looking for Collective Stories in Black History Month
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld This past week, an article about Black History Month by Theodore Johnson in The Atlantic really moved me. Johnson writes that our focus on historical icons makes this […]
One Step Forward for Equality, But Long Road Ahead
Written by Caitlin Endyke Last summer, we released our report At the Crossroads: The Future of the LGBT Movement the same week that the Supreme Court struck down DOMA and Proposition 8. […]
Why Creating Change is So Different
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld What do Laverne Cox, Rinku Sen, Nona Hendryk, and Tarso Luis Ramos have in common? It’s Creating Change 2014! Frances and I spent last weekend at the 26th annual Creating Change conference in […]
Sports: For the Greater Good?
Written by Caitlin Endyke I have a chalkboard in my apartment that counts down day-by-day until the next Olympics. I love the Games. I love the history, I love the […]