Making Room for Movement Building

Sidney | October 12, 2009

This is a repost of an October 6 entry in the Council on Foundations, Fall Conference of Community Foundations blog.  In his book, Tribes, bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur Seth Godin argues that lasting and substantive change begins with a group of people connected to each other, to a leader, and to an idea. A close look at [...]

Changemakers Table: Social Innovators I follow (8.28.09)

Sidney | August 28, 2009

Since I created my first blog post in January 2009 , I’ve been blessed to meet the most awesome, brilliant, engaging, and inspiring people.  Spend a few minutes of conversation with them and you’ll be amazed at the instantaneous boost of inspiration and energy you receive.  I sometimes wonder what it would be like 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.