Making Change is a program funded by the SBC Foundation and coordinated by the Center for Regional Economic Issues (REI) at Case Western Reserve University. Making Change provides a platform for civic engagement. Access to other people and knowledge.
On Tuesday, July 27th, we talked about what is important to volunteers Making Change: meaningful goals, other people who share your passion and enthusiasm, access to knowledge and tools.
Ed Morrison, Executive Director of REI, shared his insight as a practitioner who has worked twenty years in the field.
In the past, corporations had supported employee engagement in the civic space. But with the attrition of the local corporation, the civic volunteer became, like the corporation, a thing of the past. Volunteers used to be tightly organized around hierarchies in the business community.
Now, there is a competing and different world view with a civic space aligned around networks. This space gains alignment around conversations. We structure our conversations around our strengths and what is important to us.
In doing so, we naturally seek alignment. But in order to align, we need to change the conversations and model civic behavior. In a global world where everything is connected, this is strategic and wise.
We have a follow up meeting, Thursday, August 19th, 4:00PM-5:45PM at the Peter B. Lewis Building. We are going to talk about ways to build your Making Change network. All are wlecome.
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