A fairer, kinder society
How can community agency networks (CANs) and community groups help co-create a fairer, kinder world, through arts, sport, culture, play, education, co-learning and social inclusion?
News
Saving ourselves and nature means tackling inequality, says Cambridge researcher, news.mongabay.com (Sep 03, 2025) - ‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse, theguardian.com (Aug 02, 2025) — epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
- How to embrace an abundance mindset, according to you, positive.news (Jul 16, 2025)
Video
Rising Appalachia
Together with the music of Rising Appalachia, the Rise Collective is used to support many of the Smith sisters' community-based projects uniting the arts and justice. Having themselves been community activists during their travels, Leah and Chloe Smith want their art to also be a source of activism, as well as of cultural development.
Education, deliberation and media services
Fabulous example of citizen and community group created local media: Visioning Camden 2030 booklet, link via visioningcamden2030.wordpress.com
Inspiring quotes
"Most people participate in their communities not as part of organised groups, but in doing acts of kindness." Professor Carolyn Kagan, Professor of Community Social Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University.
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." Aristotle
"...if we are to move from charity to justice, helping our community members who are most marginalized to be heard is one of the most effective and enduring things we can do. Let's restore one of the strengths of our sector, and one of our sacred duties. Let's mobilize the full power of our community, constantly and unapologetically, in service of justice. We must intellectualize less and organize more. The soul of our sector, and the well-being of our community, depends on it." Nonprofit AF
"Please remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." @TransitionLag
"We've always done skills exchanges. Hundreds of years ago, maybe, it was just with our neighbors and family, But now we have the possibility to take it anywhere in the world, and that's a great opportunity." Graziella Michel[1]
"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members." Coretta Scott King
See also
- CANwiki: Shaping the system, Share learning, Create the feel
- CASwiki: Arts, sport and culture, Education for sustainability, Health and wellbeing, Peace and community safety, Road safety, Sharing, Social inclusion associated news articles and local, eg UK counterparts.
External links
- Equipped for my future, thealternative.org.uk
- The Daily Alternative, categories: Artists, Creative Industries, A better media, Create the feel, Video/film, Learning
- articles tagged: education, journalism, news media, Power of the Arts, feminine, theatre
Notes and References
- ↑ A new landscape for skill-sharing emerges from pandemic aftermath, Jan 7, 2021 shareable.net
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2021–2025). "A fairer, kinder society". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025. |