Changing systems means changing GOVERNANCE Systems “Transforming a culture of violence can make equity more possible,” says Alexis Flanagan, co-director of Resonance Network, a movement of people taking action to shape culture and governance that centers the wellbeing...
An Interview with Eric Smith, Green Opportunities YouthBuild Program Director This spring, Tracy and new Circle Forward coach/trainer, Daniel Suber, started a new training curriculum in consent-based decision-making with program participants at Green Opportunities. ...
In Propositions for Organizing with Complexity: Learnings from the Appalachian Foodshed Project (AFP), Nikki D’Adamo-Damery described nine propositions that emerged from the work of the AFP. Proposition #2 was: “Establish Consent instead of Consensus.” The following...
Our organizations and networks are systems. If we want to thrive, we need conditions that meet the range of tolerance of all parts of the system. We need governance and decision-making that integrates diversity and fosters equity. Why? People who work together...