Creating the Future
Hildy Gottlieb
What does it take to create visionary social change? If we want to see a future that is more humane, more equitable, more healthy, more loving, more compassionate – what does it take to create that?.Welcome to Creating the Future’s podcast, where those are the questions our guests will explore. Those guests come from all walks of life - historians and community organizers, social scientists and movement leaders, people working inside the system and outside the system..In each episode, host Hildy Gottlieb asks her guests one simple-but-not-so-simple question: What actually creates change?.Our goal for this podcast is the...
Episode #11: Creating Change by Changing the Economy
Episode #11 in which Emily Kawano shows us that each of us can be part of creating an economy that works for all of us. Emily Kawano is the co-coordinator and co-founder of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network and served on the Board of RIPESS (the Intercontinental Network for the Social Solidarity Economy) for almost a decade. She is the co-director of Wellspring Cooperative, based in Springfield, MA that is building a local solidarity economy ecosystem, including a network of worker co-ops. She
Apr 5, • 47:24
Episode #10 Creating Change by focusing on both the individual AND the world
Episode #10 in which Marcus Walton talks about the multiple levels of change – from the individual to the global - that are present when change happens.BioMarcus F. Walton serves as the president & CEO of Grantmakers for Effective organizations where he supports communities of philanthropic leaders to realize their highest grantmaking aspirations. Throughout his 20-year career, he has specialized in operationalizing ideas, concepts, and frameworks; cultivating transformational leadership and rel
Mar 17, • 48:07
Episode #9 Stories of Organizing
Episode #9 in which Steve Dubb shares stories of social movements and community organizing that have created social change. `Steve Dubb is senior editor of economic justice at NPQ, where he writes articles (including NPQ’s Economy Remix column), moderates Remaking the Economy webinars, and works to cultivate voices from the field and help them reach a broader audience. Prior to coming to NPQ in 2017, Steve worked with cooperatives and nonprofits for over two decades, including twelve years at Th
Mar 7, • 39:27
Episode #8 Creating Change by shifting our work from Domination to Partnership
Episode #8 in which Riane Eisler talks about shifting our mindsets from domination to partnership, both in the world outside and in the work of social change itself. Riane Eisler is an Austrian-born American systems scientist, futurist, attorney, and author who writes about the effect of gender and family politics on societies. Riane’s whole-systems research offers practical tools for constructing a less violent, more egalitarian, gender-balanced, and sustainable future.Riane has authored many b
Feb 14, • 34:51
Episode #7 Creating Change by Building on Strength
Episode #7 in which Meghan Cummings talks about bringing people and groups together around their strengths.Meghan Cummings is Senior Vice President for Strategy, Impact & Operations at CFLeads, a U.S. organization supporting community foundations to galvanize action on the critical issues of our time.Before joining CFLeads, Meghan served as Vice President of Civic Advancement at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, where she leveraged cross-sector partnerships, marshalled national resources and ad
Jan 27, • 43:33
Episode #6 Creating Change via Collective Care
Episode #6 in which Yodit Mesfin Johnson talks about the power of reimagining everyday systems via collective care.Yodit Mesfin Johnson is a Black momma, a visionary strategist and a social justice advocate based in Southeast Michigan. She serves as president and CEO of Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW), a Michigan-based movement support organization that offers transformative consulting, back-office support and leadership development programs to nonprofits and social change leaders.A serial so
Jan 13, • 43:05
Episode #5: Creating Change within the Nonprofit Sector
Episode #5, in which Vu Le and Robert Egger explore changes that need to happen within the nonprofit sector itself, so that organizations can create more visionary improvement in communities.Vu Le is a writer and speaker who is best known for his blog, NonprofitAF.com, where his no-BS approach and irreverent sense of humor have gained him a fan base of over 50,000 loyal readers. Vu is the founder and former Executive Director of RVC, a Seattle nonprofit that promotes social justice by developing
Dec 4, 2024 • 56:10
Episode #4: Social Change and the Power of Love
Shiree Teng has worked in the social sector for 35+ years as a social and racial justiceChampion. She's been a frontline organizer, advocate, capacity builder, grantmaker,(e)valuation partner, and leadership coach. Shiree ignites the path to justice with courageousstrategy, boundless energy, and radical love.Shiree's mission is to inspire us to prioritize love as the catalyst for our freedom. She believeshat justice work starts with our own radical self-love – that without cultivating love for o
Nov 24, 2024 • 37:58
Episode #3: How Local News Media Builds Community
Episode #3, in which Josh Stearns explores the role of journalism in fostering civic engagement. Josh and Hildy discuss the need for bottom-up approaches to change, the challenges facing local news, and the need to rethink journalism to build stronger communities.Josh Stearns is the Senior Director of the Public Square Program at Democracy Fund. Josh leads the foundation’s efforts to support transformative leaders who are rebuilding local news, advancing more equitable journalism, defending civi
Nov 11, 2024 • 34:32
Episode #2: Envisioning What is Possible
Episode #2, in which Trista Harris discusses the importance of having a clear vision of the future you want to create. Trista emphasizes the need to move away from a problem-focused approach and to instead focus on creating a positive future, shifting mindsets to embrace a future-oriented approach to all the work of social change.Trista Harris is a philanthropic futurist who is nationally known as a passionate advocate for leaders in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. Trista’s work has bee
Oct 25, 2024 • 43:39
