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!Networked Changemaking
Kara Andrade, Ashoka Fellow David Nahmias, Fellow Security & Latin America Diamond
Jenni Schneiderman, Ashoka Fellow
David Nahmias Ashoka Innovators for the Public [email protected] @david_nahmias
Six Words
Condense your observations and experiences with change into one sentence with just Six Words !
Based on Michelle Norris Race Card Project http://theracecardproject.com/about-the-race-card-project/
What is changemaking?
Connecting “the dots” between Fulbright and Ashoka
Guiding Principles
Each of our stories reflects the following:
• Not focusing on problems, but presenting solutions
• Focusing on the change, not the networks
• Networked approaches for maximum social impact and movement-building
Image Credit: Siong Chin
Human-Centered Approaches
Changemaker schools
To cultivate structures of empathy !
Chicago, IL, USA, 2010-Present
Chicago, IL, USA, 2010-Present
Chicago, IL, USA, 2010-Present
Kara Andrade Ashoka Fellow, Co-Founder HablaCentro NFP [email protected] @newmaya
This is a story about one person’s journey
It just happens to be mine.
Fulbright brought me back, Ashoka helped me get “rooted”
“Habla” means to speak in Spanish.
Communities in Crisis
We Focus On
Training and strategy in Latin America
Tools for enhancing civic participation
Help people access information and economic opportunities
How do they work?
Regional citizen information websites in Latin America
Run by volunteers who share information & own the websites locally
Contributors share and discuss information in various languages
Contributions can be anonymous
Anyone can contribute via website, email and cellphone
Community-Driven Technology
ANDROID GATEWAY
OPERATOR GATEWAY
LAPTOP GATEWAY
WEB SERVER
WEBSITES
MOBILE CONTRIBUTORS
A Fully-Informed Citizen Has
Access to accurate, reliable, timely, relevant and significant information
Tools to get and use that information
Economic opportunities to live and sustain a peaceful life
Networks Have Been Around
Forever…
Networks & Swarm Intelligence
Photo: National Geographic
The web didn’t invent community.
How are networks structured?
They are relational
They connect differently
Online
Offline
With their own internal logic
Image: Heather McLeod Grant & Diana Scearce
Sometimes they function like “silos”
By Peter Block“Community: The Structure of Belonging”
“The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole.”
Principles
The essential work is to build social fabric, both for its own sake and to enable chosen accountability among citizens
Strong associational life is essential and central (“public sphere”)
Citizens who use their power to convene other citizens are what create an alternative future
The small group is the unit of transformation
All transformation is linguistic, which means that we can think of community as essentially a conversation
-By Peter Block
The question is:
how do we build community together?
Thank you!
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