Click below to access your downloadable Family Changemaker Calendar for May. This month’s calendar focuses on the “Solutions” quadrant of the Changemaker Journey. Enjoy! Click here Patti Ann Talbot( Executive Director )Patti Ann Talbot, Ed.D., is the Executive Director of ChangemakerYOU, a nonprofit dedicated to cultivating a movement of women who become skillful encouragers of […]
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Those of us who were around and old enough at the time will never forget the commercial for Chiffon Margarine proclaiming “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!” https://youtu.be/ijVijP-CDVI Designed to communicate the authentic buttery taste of the fake stuff while Mother Nature declares her wrath upon humanity for tricking her, I remember the commercial
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In Part I, we considered the first two quadrants of the Changemaker Journey “Homegrown Solutions” in light of current recommendations to stay at home as much as possible. In this second installment of “How to be Homebound Changemaker, we are thinking about the “Patchwork World” described in the 3rd and 4th quadrants of the Blue
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At Blue Roads Education, we’re defining “changemakers” as those creating “Homegrown Solutions for a Patchwork World”. This gets complicated when we are ordered to stay home and away from our usual efforts at changemaking. Many of us are trying to figure out how to remain effective changemakers while staying within the four walls of our homes.
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Click below to access your downloadable family activity calendar for the month of April. Activities are designed to cultivate the 14 characteristics of changemakers using the “Homegrown” theme in the first quadrant of the Changemaker Journey. Click here Fill out the form below to be added to the Blue Roads list so you don’t miss
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It makes sense that an organization called “Blue Roads” would use travel metaphors to describe our work. Our road has taken us on a journey of learning and we’ve grown a lot along the way. The path of the changemaker is a challenging one. Like the blue roads, the changemaker journey is not a single
If you do a Google search for the word “changemaker”, you will inevitably run across Ashoka.org, the worldwide organization leading the way, celebrating and encouraging institutions to develop changemakers capable of doing the work that our world needs to make it a healthier more functional planet for the good of all. You’ll find lists of
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Our slogan above is intended to convey four distinct, yet interrelated, priorities: Homegrown: To express our belief in, and commitment to, local community strengths. Solutions: To communicate the importance of constructive innovations to address pressing issues. Patchwork: To honor tradition, in its place, while opening our minds and hearts to include new perspectives. World:
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I’m blessed with three of the most beautiful and energetic grandchildren you can imagine. (I’m not at all biased. 😊) These three young ones challenge and inspire me and give me both great hope and constant trepidation. What kind of world have they come into? What will the future hold for them? What can I,
