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 [...]
Sidney | July 26, 2009
When it’s all said and done this is how the social sector’s late 2000s recession story might be written.
2008 – The late 2000s recession was finally acknowledged and it all suddenly came unraveled.
2009 – Nonprofits began to feel the effects of the recession and sector thought leaders issued their predictions.
2009 – The “people” began [...]
Social Innovation ChatterThis 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.
