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The Power of Plain Ol’ Human Talk
Tags: civic engagement, Collective Visioning, cultural shift, empowerment, leadership, linda stout, popular education, spirit in action
Popular Education, Economic Justice and Civic Engagement “Let’s get on with technology as a way of connecting us to people and places we have never known and have never seen. But let us not give up the power of plain ol’ human talk to do the same.” -Johnnetta B. Cole During a family reunion at the […]
Celebrating our Victories and Preparing for the Future
I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was. Over the last year, I attended two dynamic national conferences: one called “Creating Change,” which included more than 4,000 LGBTQ activists and organizers across the country working on multiple issues that affect disenfranchised people, and another dealing with building power through voter engagement. I was […]
Alligators & Frog Legs: The Face of Hunger (Part 2 of 2)
Tags: cultural shift, empowerment, hunger, linda stout
Last week I wrote about growing up hungry. If you missed Part 1 of this blog, click here. Yesterday’s local paper carried the headline that 450 local students were homeless and needed food and other items to survive. As I wrote last week, I am haunted by a billboard on our way to the interstate […]
Alligators & Frog Legs: The Face of Hunger (Part 1 of 2)
Tags: cultural shift, empowerment, hunger, linda stout
A couple weeks ago, I got fooled into eating some alligator at a festival (I thought it was a super-sized chicken finger) and also frog legs (which I thought were chicken wings). The taste is different, although does resemble some taste of chicken in the mix; but they are certainly not something I would choose […]
Becoming an Elder: Bravely Going Where Young People Have Gone Before – by Linda Stout
Tags: cultural shift, empowerment, leadership, linda stout
The best part of getting older (I just celebrated my 61st birthday!) is that I get to see young leaders that have come through one of our trainings or networks, now taking the reins of both new and old national organizations, as well as regional and local. It is a thrilling moment to see these […]
Monthly Series on Cultural Shift by Linda Stout
As I write this morning, I’m struck by the contradictions in our lives. I look out at the beautiful Cherry and Red Bud trees in full bloom and celebrate with joy the coming Spring. I look at the news and feel overwhelmed with images of bombs, guns, people hurting, and the ongoing onslaught of violence […]
