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Common Change is a platform allowing you to pool money together with people you know, to share it with people you care about.

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Joined November 2012
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"I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better." - unknown A Common Change group is about fostering growth & allowing others to challenge and inspire us, to bring out the best in us, and the best of our communities.
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Becoming A Good Ancestor commongood.cc/reader/becomin…

Becoming A Good Ancestor

If I could, I would let you borrow my copy of Cole Arthur Riley’s This Here Flesh, but I highly suggest you read the publisher’s excerpt of the first chapter to whet your appetite. This month…

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A Beautiful Resistance commongood.cc/reader/a-beaut…

A Beautiful Resistance

This week, two of our readings come from Cole Arthur Riley. You’re welcome. As introduction, here’s a brief conversation that invites us to engage with our inner conflict. If I can honor the voices…

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Bet on Black Women for Smarter Cities commongood.cc/reader/bet-on-…

Bet on Black Women for Smarter Cities

The image of start-up culture is often filled with tech products and fast growth. Sherrell Dorsey wants us to change our focus on where start-ups happen, and who starts them. Neighborhoods are fill…

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The Womb Problem commongood.cc/reader/the-wom…

The Womb Problem

America has always had a complicated relationship with motherhood. Many facets of our culture, collective identity, and moral values are wrapped up in the role and rights of women and those who own…

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Trading Our Capes for Quilts commongood.cc/reader/trading…

Trading Our Capes for Quilts

In light of last night’s drafted Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe. V. Wade, it’s important to understand the true historical context of such decisions. I had the pleasure of inter…

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Nurturing a Narrative commongood.cc/reader/nurturi…

Nurturing a Narrative

Author and entrepreneur Victoria Scott-Miller was an instant sister when we met three years ago. Interviewing her for this article illuminated another conflict that few consider — economic isolatio…

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“This is what was bequeathed to us” commongood.cc/reader/this-is…

“This is what was bequeathed to us”

At first, I learned that a story was a series of conflicts, always this versus that. Later, I learned that a story was a series of disconnections and reconnections. These days, I’m pretty sure that…

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“Careful” commongood.cc/reader/careful…

“Careful”

I went to grad school in downtown Chicago. The only draining part was the train ride home, which often included a combination of Pabst Blue Ribboned baseball fans and caffeinated stock traders on t…

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Pádraig Ó Tuama on Finding Uncommon Ground commongood.cc/reader/padraig…

Pádraig Ó Tuama on Finding Uncommon Ground

Pádraig Ó Tuama is a calm, kind presence. He welcomes strangers like lifelong friends. The word I’m looking for is disarming. In this conversation, Pádraig sheds light on many things, including his…

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I’m Making Real Change in My City commongood.cc/reader/im-maki…

I’m Making Real Change in My City

To make your town strong, build relationships. This piece is called a manifesto, and I think it’s actually a practical guide from someone who has laid a foundation of face-to-face community so that…

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Reflecting on Reconciliation commongood.cc/reader/reflect…

Reflecting on Reconciliation

There is an invitation to reconcile right here, all around us, in each moment.   Some provide an opportunity to reconcile externally by repairing the damage we’ve caused through our political, econ…

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“It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way” commongood.cc/reader/it-does…

“It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way”

Songwriter, author, and activist Andre Henry describes his latest song with the following, “This is the new version of my signature song. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way. The point of the song…

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An Unhoused High Schooler’s New Nest commongood.cc/reader/an-unho…

An Unhoused High Schooler’s New Nest

Each of us has navigated this pandemic the best way we know how. Viruses by definition are unpredictable, and fresh data and circumstances have thrown us into confusion more than once. Each of our …

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Helping the Rich Let Go commongood.cc/reader/helping…

Helping the Rich Let Go

Over the next 20 years, between $35 trillion and &70 trillion will change hands from baby boomers to millennials globally. This will be the largest intergenerational transfer of private wealth …

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Rethinking our Place commongood.cc/reader/rethink…

Rethinking our Place

Place often plays an important role in conflict. Who belongs where? Who owns what? How do we treat this space? This reader reflects on how place shapes and influences how we relate to each other. M…

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“I Have a Dream” commongood.cc/reader/i-have-…

“I Have a Dream”

This week marks the 82nd birthday of Herbie Hancock, one of the most transformative figures in American music during the past 60 years. Here’s a track written in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr…

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Life and Labor in a Poultry Plant commongood.cc/reader/life-an…

Life and Labor in a Poultry Plant

“One way to deal with that fear is to share stories, and know that it’s okay to be afraid, frightened.” This quotation from poultry plant worker-turned-activist Donna Bazemore per…

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Our Trespasses commongood.cc/reader/our-tre…

Our Trespasses

“Hidden just below the surface of the missionary impulse is the politics of conquest. I inherited that legacy.” Greg Jarrell nimbly this surface tension in his essay about the the ̶…

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Violence, and the Sins of Aggression commongood.cc/reader/violenc…

Violence, and the Sins of Aggression

The Russian War on Ukraine, “The Slap”, and Holy Week. What do these things have in common? They are all examples of conflict. Conflict, Reconciliation, and Redemption is The ReaderR…

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