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Movement Vision

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About Me

As the saying goes, if we don't know where we're going, we'll never get there. To build a better future, the progressive movement needs a coherent, compelling shared vision.
Towards creating this vision, the Center for Community Change has created the Movement Vision Lab, a groundbreaking on-line website for grassroots organizers and social justice activists to find, share, and debate progressive, visionary ideas for the future.
So what's our vision for the economy? What will an equitable, livable community of the future look like? What will it take to build an environmentally-sustainable world? What is the future of sex and sexuality? Is the nation-state going out of fashion? What would a world without racism look like? How should media and information be created, owned, and shared? What will an active democracy look like?
And more importantly, what strategies can we employ now to reach our vision?
So, you got vision? You got opinions?
Then,
Visit our website to help us build the future we all want!
Movement Vision Lab
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My Interests

community organizing, movement building, progressive values, visionary ideas, alternatives, politics, creative media

I'd like to meet:

organizers, activists, advocates, scholars, writers, students, artists, filmmakers, thinkers, and more!

My Blog

We managed to create a podcast!

And it was no small feat! Subscribe to our podcast and listen to our beautiful voices as we chart our vision for a progressive future with grassroots leaders and organizers across the nation.It's a b...
Posted by Movement Vision on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:21:00 PST

The Problem with Privatizing Education

This week at the lab, we're taking a hard look at our current educational system.  Is it working for all students, or just a privileged few?  How do we re-think our schools so that all stude...
Posted by Movement Vision on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:47:00 PST

Announcing the results of the MVL Video Contest

It’s Oscar night as we announce the results of our first ever video contest on community values & immigration.  For this contest, we chose to recognize two videos --- one makes you cry,...
Posted by Movement Vision on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:39:00 PST

Juans Story: Undocumented, but not un-American

The first thing I noticed about Juan when I met him is his presence.  For a young man, just graduated from high school --- that period when most of us were shy and awkward at best --...
Posted by Movement Vision on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:50:00 PST

MVL Video Contest -- CAST YOUR VOTE

There’s only one more week to tell us what your favorite video is for our $1000 Community Values & Immigration Video Contest! Go here to see all 5 videos and post a comment with you...
Posted by Movement Vision on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:25:00 PST

Is Economic Growth Bad?

IS ECONOMIC GROWTH BAD?  Progressives tend to stand for "more stuff for more people".  But the planet has limits.  And everyone can’t be super rich.  Is economic growth --- f...
Posted by Movement Vision on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:37:00 PST

Confessions of a Grantseeker

If you've had to raise money from foundations, then tune in this week as we explore what it means to seek and accept grant money from private foundations.   How does this system of funding affect...
Posted by Movement Vision on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:57:00 PST

$1000 Video Contest: Community Values & Immigration

We're excited to announce our first-ever video contest at the Movement Vision Lab on Community Values and Immigration.  Watch this video to learn more:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wweD5J2-R0kWe...
Posted by Movement Vision on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:52:00 PST

A Call to Eliminate Marriage’s Special Rights

by Nancy Polikoff, Professor of Law at American UniversityThe gay rights movement is focused on marriage equality as the answer to the problems facing same-sex couples.  There's an alternative:&n...
Posted by Movement Vision on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:16:00 PST

The Future of Sex and Sexuality

Let's talk about sex, babyLet's talk about you and meLet's talk about all the good thingsAnd the bad things that may be - Salt-n-Pepa, "Let's Talk About Sex" This week at the Movement Vision Lab, we'r...
Posted by Movement Vision on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:32:00 PST