Creating the Future
Creating the Future

Creating the Future

Hildy Gottlieb

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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?

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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.

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In each episode, host Hildy Gottlieb asks her guests one simple-but-not-so-simple question: What actually creates change?

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Our goal for this podcast is the goal of changemakers around the world: To help you create a world that is equitable, kind, healthy, and joyful - a world that works for all of us.

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This podcast is a program of Creating the Future, a global nonprofit where our tagline says it all: Change the Questions, Change the World. http://creatingthefuture.org

Recent Episodes

Episode #5: Creating Change within the Nonprofit Sector
DEC 4, 2024
Episode #5: Creating Change within the Nonprofit Sector
<p>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.</p><p>Vu Le is a writer and speaker who is best known for his blog, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://NonprofitAF.com">NonprofitAF.com</a>, 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 leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration among diverse communities. Vu helped found the Community-Centric Fundraising movement, which aims to ground fundraising in equity and justice. He is also an active member of Creating the Future’s board of directors. You can find Vu at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://nonprofitaf.com/">https://nonprofitaf.com/</a></p><p>Robert Egger is lifelong “power of food” champion, and the originator of the Community Kitchen movement. He launched the D.C. Central Kitchen, the Campus Kitchen Project, and the L.A. Kitchen, and is a Founding Board Member of The World Central Kitchen with Jose Andres, Collectively, these organizations have produced over 350 million meals and helped thousands of individuals attain self-sufficiency. Now a dedicated "elder ally", as well as a member of the recently launched State Department’s Culinary Corp, Robert makes himself available to entrepreneurs and leaders who long to make change in the boldest and most daring ways possible. You can connect with Robert here <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-egger-28392621/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-egger-28392621/</a> and learn more about his work here <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Egger">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Egger</a></p>
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56 MIN
Episode #4: Social Change and the Power of Love
NOV 24, 2024
Episode #4: Social Change and the Power of Love
<p>Episode #4, in which Shiree Teng talks about the power of love in creating transformational change.</p><p>Shiree Teng has worked in the social sector for 35+ years as a social and racial justice champion. She's been a frontline organizer, advocate, capacity builder, grantmaker, (e)valuation partner, and leadership coach. Shiree ignites the path to justice with courageous strategy, boundless energy, and radical love.</p><p>Shiree's mission is to inspire us to prioritize love as the catalyst for our freedom. She believes that justice work starts with our own radical self-love – that without cultivating love for ourselves and each other, we risk only scratching the surface, endlessly circling around the work needed for our shared liberation.</p><p>To connect with Shiree, head to<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://shireeteng.org/"> https://shireeteng.org/</a></p><p>Additional information can be found in Shiree’s two Brown Papers:</p><p>Healing Love into Balance <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://latinocf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Healing-Love-IntoBalance-Shiree-Teng-003-compressed.pdf">https://latinocf.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Healing-Love-IntoBalance-Shiree-Teng-003-compressed.pdf</a></p><p>Measuring Love in the Journey for Justice<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/558dac6fe4b0f42cdd435abd/t/634e1201ba433209dd70ceb3/1666060815439/MeasuringLove2019.pdf"> https://static1.squarespace.com/static/558dac6fe4b0f42cdd435abd/t/634e1201ba433209dd70ceb3/1666060815439/MeasuringLove2019.pdf</a></p>
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37 MIN
Episode #3: How Local News Media Builds Community
NOV 11, 2024
Episode #3: How Local News Media Builds Community
<p>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.</p><p>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 civil rights online, and holding social media platforms accountable for their impact on our democracy and society. Josh joined the Democracy Fund from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, where he served as the Director of Journalism and Sustainability and worked to support and expand community engagement in local news and develop new business models for journalism.</p><p>Josh is a co-founder of the Local News Lab, First Draft News and the Freedom of the Press Foundation and currently on the board of the Democratizing Philanthropy Project and Honolulu Civil Beat. His articles have appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Guardian, Columbia Journalism Review, Orion Magazine and more. When not at his desk he tries to keep his hands dirty at the pottery wheel or can be found taking pictures in the woods of Western Massachusetts.</p><p>To connect with Josh: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcstearns/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcstearns/</a></p>
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34 MIN