A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
Written by Caitlin Endyke An estimated 92 million shoppers took advantage of holiday deals on Black Friday this year. Yet as those of us too full from Thanksgiving leftovers to […]
Category: Movement Building
Movements, Funders, and Making Change
Written by Frances Kunreuther Last week, Sean and I participated in the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations conference on supporting movements. We did an introductory session for funders on the basics of movement building, […]
Can We All Do Better if We All Did Better?
A Toolkit for the Common Good Written by Kim Klein “Set aside politics. Set aside competitiveness. Imagine what it would be like if there was enough money to go around. […]
Detroiters Stand Up For Democracy on Election Day
Written by Linda Campbell Despite recent efforts by the state government to curtail the progression of democracy in Detroit, thousands of city residents made it to the polls on Tuesday, […]
Detroit Leaders Create Space for Rejuvenation, Reflection, and Practice
On the evening of October 29, a group of Detroit youth leaders – all under 40 – gathered in the living room of an immaculate home operated by Sister Mary […]
The Most Unequal Place in America
Written by Caitlin Endyke In 1994, Time Magazine set out to identify the poorest place in America. They settled on Lake Providence Parish, a small community in rural Louisiana where they […]
Detroiters March for Transit Justice
Written by Caitlin Endyke It’s a tale of two cities when it comes to Detroit. While certain pockets of the city that are home to entrepreneurs and the “creative class” […]
Reflecting on the Immigration Movement
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Today I’m in DC to attend the Center for Community Change’s annual Change Champions Awards dinner. Both Frances and I have long histories with CCC – […]
Celebrating Successes AND Failures of Occupy Wall Street at 2nd Anniversary
Written by Caitlin Endyke As we mark the second anniversary of the start of the first encampments in Zuccotti Park that sparked the movement now known as “Occupy Wall Street” […]
Obamacare: The Potential in Service to Social Change
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld This past week, the Building Movement Project Team had the privilege to hear from several leaders in Los Angeles about how the implementation of Obamacare is being leveraged […]