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Nonprofit Congress 2006 Video

I missed this back in November when it first came out, but I have finally gotten around to watching Esther Baker's video documenting The 2006 Nonprofit Congress. A project of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, the Nonprofit Congress is intended to encourage nonprofits into greater collaboration through networking and the articulation of common values. The video does a fine job of communicating the many different themes and desires that come together under this agenda. Some people yearn for collaboration in the context of a mass movement. Others see the foundations of civil society being eroded in the context of the headlong rush toward a world organized to meet the needs of global capital. Still others see great opportunities in the sharing of organizational resources. And others are just tired of the loneliness of fragmented work. Personally, I think that this is a potentially radical agenda (which I support), but one that may elude the gatherings as they strive for agreements with which everyone is comfortable. (I hope I'm wrong about that.) What do you think? This movie will help you figure that out. Posted: 3/18/07; 7:47:24 PM #