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6/15/17

Network Bridging: How a Regional Network is Creating New Connections, Flows, and Opportunities

6/15/17
This post originally appeared on the Interaction Institute for Social Change blog . “Life moves toward other life… If we trusted more in these cohering motions, we could move into an essential role … supporting the system to explore new connections, new information, new ways of being. It means focusing on opening the system in all ways.” Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers, a simpler way
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5/11/17

Immigrant Justice, Equity, and Values-Oriented Thinking: Reflections from World Farmers

5/11/17
“One way to take alliance building a step further is to reframe issues so that they’re no longer issues, which can be divisive, but values, which have more power to unite.” This notion, lifted from an excellent article by Kristin Moe , is just one of countless impactful ideas from Food Solutions New England’s Racial Equity Challenge that resonated with us. At World Farmers , our work digs into
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5/10/17

Facing Dynamics of Othering and Belonging in a Sustainable Food System Network

5/10/17
This post originally appeared on the Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC) blog . “Clearly, we made some people uncomfortable. Good. For too long, our comfort has come on the backs of many who have been uncomfortable for a long, long time.” –Niaz Dorry, FSNE Process and Network Team Member Food Solutions New England (FSNE) is a regional, collaborative network organized to “support the
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4/27/17

Caution: white soccer mom driving

4/27/17
The exercise went like this: Pick a demographic profile. Then, jot down all the characteristics you associate with that profile. These are known as stereotypical characteristics. Then, think of someone you personally know who falls into that demographic profile and jot down his or her characteristics. Are they the same? Probably not, because the people we know personally are more interesting and
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4/24/17

What do we want?

4/24/17
Permanent protection, dignity and respect for the 11 million undocumented people in the US! When do we want it? NOW!! On April 16 th , in the first of a two-part exploration of the connection between worker rights, racial justice, and sustainable food systems , the 21-day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge prompt referenced Cosecha (the name translates to “Harvest”), a nonviolent movement
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