Communities

Arts for Social Change

This community of practice engages pioneers who are exploring ways of applying artistic processes toward social change. We include both artists who are seeking more meaningful ways of channeling our artistic talents, and community developers, professionals, activists, teachers,etc. who are interested in learning how to integrate art more in our social change work. The community uses this online space, as well as hosting a series of international learning journeys, and producing interactive learning tools. The first learning journey was in Brazil in May 2004, the second is in South Africa in February 2005.

Democracy & Politics

The Community of Practice on Democracy and Politics. Hosted by Sofia, for more details and ideas please contact her at sofia(at)turnupthecourage.com

Facilitators and Free Agents

The community of practice for facilitators and free agents to share and collaborate. Hosted by Frauke, for more details and ideas please contact her at fgodat at aol.com

Foresight and Social Change

This is a discussion and experience exchange about scenario planning and other foresight methods applied to social change work, as well as about emerging trends that may shape the future. Hosted by Bjorn Brunstadt, for more details please contact him at Bjorn.Brunstad(at)econ.no

Immigration & Integration

Community of Practice around immigration and integration. There has been a Learning Journey on this issue in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in 7-11 September 2005 and there is one being planned for Germany in 2007/2008. More details soon. Hosted by Frauke, for more details and ideas please contact her at fgodat(at)aol.com

Peacebuilders

Community of Practice around Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution. Hosted by Sofia, for more details please email her at sofia(at)turnupthecourage.com

Social Entrepreneurship

This community of practice is exploring social entrepreneurship. It engages pioneers who are social entrepreneurs themselves or who are working to support the field of social entrepreneurship. We exchange ideas in order to make our ventures more impactful, to share challenges and opportunities, to understand our work better, to explore the meaning of social entrepreneurship, and to draw useful lessons from our experiments for the broader Pioneers of Change network. To contact the hosts of this group email Charlotte at charlotte.hochman(at)gmail.com, Neema at nmgana(at)yahoo.com or Maria maria(at)pioneersofchange.net.

Sustainability

Sustainability is about been able to design society systems in a way that will help humanity meet current needs without diminishing the opportunities for future generations. It is the most exciting journey of our times. This community is about helping Pioneers learn, share and take action to make sustainability a reality. Hosted by Lesley Williams, for more details and ideas please contact her at lesley(at)pioneersofchange.net

Story Telling Journey

A space for exploring story telling as a technique for finding our inner journey.