Circle is a place women can come home to themselves and feel the support of other women. In circle, women are not "empowered." Instead, they have an opportunity to remember their power and to discover that being an agent of change is not about doing it alone.
Unless the communities that typically receive services begin to serve, to stretch more than just their hands but their own hearts, they cannot experience the power they have to transform their own lives and own communities.
Change.org destroys the myth that there are not enough seconds in the day to do the things we really care about. We are change agents that can move from idea to action.
He's only 11 years old, but Birke Baehr wowed a large audience with his speech on "What's Wrong with our Food System and How We Can Make a Difference."
Converting a polluted, cement-covered wasteland into a model of urban renewal, Joe is betting on an extreme makeover in one of Massachusetts' most notorious sites.
If our corporate do-gooders have tapped the wisdom of the crowd to find and bank roll our next generation heroes, why don't they help us crowd-source a public wave of support to help these freshly minted superstars execute their missions?
The President is clearly the agenda setter, but he is not, as President Bush tried to be, "the decider." The verdict on Obama is clearly still out, but the early returns are positive.