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| Nominate an Ashoka Fellow |
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Ashoka, an organization that has supported social innovation for years, is actively soliciting nominations for Senior Fellows. Their selection criteria are: Innovative Ideas, Creativity, Entrepreneurial Quality, Social Impact, and Ethical Fiber. Take a look at the sort of people who are Ashoka Fellows and consider who you might be able to propose.
Posted: 6/30/08; 9:17:18 PM # |
| Special Report Asks Critical Questions of the Antiwar Movement |
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Strategic assessments of entire movements are challenging, but essential. The War Resistors League's Special Report Assessing the Antiwar Movement asks critical questions: What is lacking in the peace and antiwar movement? What prevents the emergence of a stronger, more coordinated, more strategic movement? What are the biggest openings and opportunities for organizing today? How do we build a more multiracial and cross-class antiwar movement? What roles can veterans, soldiers and military families play in ending war? What is the relevance of nonviolence today? How do we link peace and justice issues and build alliances? What does base-building look like in antiwar organizing?
Posted: 6/30/08; 8:41:22 PM # |
| Our Infantile Search for Heroic Leaders |
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Even the most disciplined strategists can get sucked into abandoning capacity and movement building when they get caught up in the insidious hope of a heroic narrative. Johann Hari critiques this phenomenon in Our Infantile Search for Heroic Leaders. He overstates at times to make his point, but it's a critical point to make.
Posted: 6/30/08; 8:34:50 PM # |
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