The Spiral Model of Popular Education: An Updated Framework for Facilitating Change
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what is participatory change?
Participatory change is a values-based approach to leadership that creates the conditions for change that fosters equity, well-being, and regeneration for people, places, and the planet.
It is grounded in a fundamental belief in participation:
Power is participation. Participation is power.
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What is Participatory Change?
In its simplest terms, participatory change is a values-based approach…
Effective Post-Meeting Follow-Up to Ensure Ongoing Success
In this blog, we will explore important steps for facilitators…
A Letter from Our Director
The New School focuses on nurturing leaders and cultivating collective leadership, because it's going to take us all to solve the social and environmental crises we face. We equip changemakers with the tools to foster shared power and harness that to build “change infrastructure” that's going to create change that outlasts them in the communities they already know so well. Continue reading...
- Atlas Charles, Director
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