Someone Still Has to Do the Work
I chair (lead) the Outreach and Development committee (sub-circle) for an international nonprofit—an organization that operates sociocratically. And… I believe in the process. I believe in the…
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Borrowed Capacity
On Tuesday, our staff was having a not-so-infrequent conversation that people who help people probably need to have more often. We were frustrated. At the community resource…
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Create or Die
As AI continues to take over the information marketplace, humans have a new opportunity to capitalize on what humans do best – create. Humans are ingenious creatures.…
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I’d Rather Have “It” Than Be Beautiful
I know. Everyone has their own kind of beauty. And I do, mostly, believe that. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, they say. And sometimes even…
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How Nonprofits Became Corporate Puppets
These day, my life revolves around nonprofit work. So when I say that there’s something terribly wrong with the way nonprofits are funded, I’m speaking about a…
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The Organization Is the Grant Proposal
Article prepared by RiverStephens.org and RiverGPT I recently met with two city officials whose work is to manage housing precarity and homelessness in both the city and…
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The Cultivation of Discernment
There’s a Zen saying: if I point out the moon to you, be careful not to mistake my finger for the moon. I think people get so…
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At This Point, Prepping Means Community Building
Do you remember a few years ago when being a prepper was all the rage? It was a cool thing to do because, clearly, the world was…
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The Diary of Anne …
January 23 They marked my identification papers today. The clerk said it was an administrative matter. Nothing to worry about. The mark doesn’t change who I am.…
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Creditism Wasn’t the Mistake. Centralizing Credit Was.
I recently came across economist Richard Duncan‘s idea of “Creditism.” His basic argument is that what we continue to call capitalism really isn’t capitalism anymore. Traditional capitalism…