Showing posts with label Social Edge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Edge. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Here's to ...

... the crazy social entrepreneurs, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers who see things differently and have no respect for the status quo. You are among the people who are crazy enough to think you can change the world, and are the ones who do.

- Victor d’Allant
@dallant
Executive Director, Social Edge
October 11, 2011 Social Edge e-newsletter "Understanding Social Impact: Think Different"

Friday, January 21, 2011

change comes from within.

Just finished reading the the Voluntourism Debate, hosted by Saul Garlick on Social Edge. I enjoyed the suggestion that instead of going to a new community and employing community members in your projects, that you should be employed by community members in their projects.

This is one of my favorite nonprofits, New Scholars. (Yes, I've blogged about the org before:)



Inspiring message from New Scholars co-founder Garang Akau: