Listening, Leveraging, and Learning

Sidney | December 14, 2009

Today, I am honored to be a guest blogger for The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, a private foundation based in Morristown, NJ that tweets at @GRDodge and powers one of the best foundation blogs in the sector.  Please read the post, “Listening, Leveraging, and Learning: The work of the Community Foundation of South Jersey“ and [...]

Raising the Buzz: At the Table with Tori Tuncan

Sidney | December 13, 2009

The oft quoted if not overly used statement from the late American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead suggests that we should:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Tori Tuncan has taken this to heart as she devised an innovative solution to [...]

"Why Uplift?"

This blog covers the issues of our world community and the people whose innovative ideas will bring about sustainable solutions for the good of all. The word “Uplift” is used as a metaphor for “sustainable” social change. Uplift was borrowed from the ideology of “racial uplift” espoused by twentieth century civil rights leaders that sought new approaches to social change in their pursuit of racial equality. Similarly, today's innovators seek new approaches to social change that will uplift the human race.