Good news from Kosmos 2015 Seed Grant Alum, UniTED
One year ago, we marked a major milestone in the development of UniTED by receiving our first significant grant. Out of over 1,700 applications, we were one of two organisations to receive a generous seed grant from Kosmos Journal.
The grant couldn’t have come at a better moment for us. Eighteen months earlier, we had begun our pilot in Uganda with the vision of creating a global community of…
2016 Kosmos 2016 Kosmos Seed Grant Recipient | Project NEWS (Native Engagement within Systems)
Project NEWS is so honored to be a recipient of a Kosmos Seed Grant. Theresa Grant Snyder, Chairperson of the Board of The Sacred Pipe Resource Center, said the Board was excited about the project because it will help “amplify the voice of Native people”. Many times, she notes, off-reservation Native Americans are the “hidden” Native Americans. Living off the reservation, they are not recognized…
Defining Civic Engagement
We gathered some ideas to consider about civic engagement:
There are many ways in which people participate in civic, community and political life and, by doing so, express their engaged citizenship. From volunteering to voting, from community organizing to political advocacy, the defining characteristic of active civic engagement is the commitment to participate and work for social changes…
A Global Movement for Peace | Not alone, but together
By Kai Brand Jabobsen
In two days there were bombings and death in two places close to my heart - Mosul and Brussels. In Mosul the university - used by ISIS as a headquarters but surrounded by residential areas - cafes and other areas were struck in what was described as a 'massive daylight barrage' of bombs dropped by the US-led coalition. At least 25 civilians were killed. In Brussels,…
What If It’s All Connected? Humanity and the Global Crisis
By Joe Brewer
The 21st Century is a time of great converging challenges—we need to think, feel and act systemically like never before in our history. In reality the threats are all connected, yet we continue to deal with them separately in a piecemeal fashion. This simply will not be good enough.
Climate change cannot be addressed in isolation from the wealth-hoarding of capitalism that has…
Political Choice | why the two-party system is broken beyond repair
By Erik Faust, via his blog
In most of the democratic world, choice is valued as an integral part of democracy. This does not only hold true for choosing a product on a free market. Political choice – the choice to vote for a party that especially represents ones’ own point of view – is the bedrock for political systems from Portugal to Japan, from Australia to Denmark.
Voting in…
Incremental Gestures
The question becomes, how do we take these higher visions and live into them in the small, daily, incremental gestures of our lives? How do we, collectively and individually, move the dial— one degree at a time—so that, like a steamship far out at sea, we make a minor course adjustment and end up at a far different point on the horizon?
We do it by making discreet, conscious choices at the…
Choosing Life | Personal to Planetary
Dear Reader,
There is nothing more fundamental to life, or perhaps more precious, than the ability to choose. Science now tells us that even sub-atomic particles 'make choices'. The will to thrive is strong in all living things; the green fern unfolding in the sun; the herd protectively surrounding its weak and its young; humans exercising positive free will - to bond, share, nurture, love.……
Interview | Exploring Harmony and Beauty Within the Universe with Nancy Roof
"Sharing some gems of wisdom I have learned along the way is always a pleasure for me. So when Dr. Julie Krull invited me to be a guest on “All Things Connected” I immediately responded in the affirmative. The interview gave me a chance to offer one of the greatest lessons I learned from my life experience that offers authentic hope. Hope that emerges from passing through life’s challenging…
The Value of a Holistic Approach
From my experience in communities I realized that there is a need to develop a holistic approach to community work. A holistic approach takes into account the total wellbeing of individuals, groups, and societies at all levels and in all aspects. There are no divisions or boundaries between differing methodologies, individual problems, and problems of housing and food security or education, etc.…