These three outcomes, taken together, are a constellation that acts as a kind of pole star, guiding us toward a future that we could all live with, thriving constitute a livable future--are what we mean here by that term.
How systems affect everything that matters. How the systems we have work for us. And against us. How people here at home and world round are showing how to solve our biggest problems by changing the systems that affect us all. Strategies we’ve been learning from these successes. How we can use these strategies to open whole new possibilities for our lives, our kids, our communities and our world. Why we must take the risk of owning the goals and going all out to achieve them!
Movements change people–and connect them. They shift beliefs, refocus goals, open up new spaces, inspire intense action and bring to light new opportunities. Campaigns are the cutting edge of movements, sharply focused, with specific goals and strategies, timelines, benchmarks, revisions, recognizable setbacks, clear victories—full or partial, intended or surprising—and celebrations.
See our own gifts, resources, position and passions for what they are and where they can make the most needed contributions in dealing with near term emergencies even as we leverage bigger systems change. How make our way–how make a life–how make a living in fact–while serving life.