The March for Australia rallies held across the country worry me deeply. We need to find responses that that open space for dialogue, connection, and understanding: approaches that show, in both w…| Sustaining Community
I’m still coming down from the excitement of Rising Tide’s 10-day protestival and people’s blockade of the world’s largest coal. It was such an amazing action. Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
Yesterday I was one of 50 people arrested during an action calling for no new coal. This is why. Continue reading →| Sustaining Community
In 2018 Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace (PSJP) started to facilitate a learning space for a cohort of philanthropy and development practitioners who wanted to increase the effectiveness and impact of their work. They identified themes such as dignity, community resilience, measuring change, sustainability, community philanthropy, leadership, power, among others, that they wanted to unpack. | Global Dialogue
According to the Brooklyn Public Library, these titles can help you understand how we got here| Electric Literature
“How do you want your book to make people feel? Start with the feeling and then work your way backwards.” When you’re all about creativity, social justice and empowering individuals to transform pain into positive action, how do you design a book launch that reflects that? Kerry Tottingham rejected the…Continue reading| The Extraordinary Business Book Club
What does a good working life look like in the 21st century? Dr Hilary Cottam, OBE has spent the last five years exploring this question through collaborative workshops she calls ‘imaginining…| The Extraordinary Business Book Club
In this blog, Sarah Finch, an outstanding environmental campaigner, reflects on being the winner of this year’s Campaigner of the Year Award at the SMK National Campaigner Awards 2025.| Sheila McKechnie Foundation
Since 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law, many Americans have observed the federal holiday to commemorate the life and legacy of the civil rights leader, Baptist minister and theologian. MLK Day volunteers typically perform community [...]| TED-Ed Blog
In this blog SMK’s new interim CEO, Katie Roberts talks about the quieter, but no less challenging approach to social change that starts with each one of us.| Sheila McKechnie Foundation
Book Except: Explore Adam Kahane's insights on transforming systems through small, intentional shifts from his book Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems.| ideas.bkconnection.com
In this blog SMK’s new interim CEO, Katie Roberts talks about the quieter, but no less challenging approach to social change that starts with each one of us.| Sheila McKechnie Foundation
Discover the crucial role of independent publishing in fostering diverse voices, promoting critical thought, and inspiring social progress in today's polarized media environment.| ideas.bkconnection.com
Discover how a 1933 warning from my cousin about Nazi Germany's rise parallels today's political climate and the importance of legislative vigilance.| ideas.bkconnection.com
Tracey McKee – November 04, 2024 Almost five years ago, George Floyd’s death ignited outrage across our nation. A bystander’s video recording his death at the hands of local police not only reached millions of people from one end of our country to the other, it reached across the world. From corporate offices to school classrooms […]| Brownicity
We all live in and are surrounded by natural cycles. The cycle of the day, the spinning of the earth around the sun each year, the cycle of the plants and trees that sprout, grow, die and decay in our gardens, parks and wild places. In this post we experiment with mapping LearnJam’s Learning Design Principles (LDPs) to nature’s cycles, and specifically Jon Young’s (and others’) 8 Shields Model in the hope that the LearnJam principles can be more useful for anyone working for social an...| LearnJam
In today's polarized political climate, many nonprofits are fending off external threats, from legal efforts to curtail reproductive rights and affirmative action to increased safety and security concerns. Now, another arena of concern is emerging in the form of legislative attempts that could intimidate nonprofits from engaging in constitutionally protected activities. BMP’s Deepa Iyer provides context and recommendations in our latest blog post.| Building Movement