http://momentum.tides.org Momentum Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:23:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://momentum.tides.org/the-new-majority-a-game-changing-narrative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-majority-a-game-changing-narrative http://momentum.tides.org/the-new-majority-a-game-changing-narrative/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:25:08 +0000 cdodd http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1446 If together we rise to seize the opportunities and challenges before us, a game changing narrative for the 21st century will emerge through the creation of a mutually inescapable preferred future for all Americans. In this future every child born … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/the-new-majority-a-game-changing-narrative/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/wheres-the-color-in-the-crowd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wheres-the-color-in-the-crowd http://momentum.tides.org/wheres-the-color-in-the-crowd/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:24:56 +0000 cdodd http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1513 I’ve kept a pretty close eye on the evolution of the crowdfunding universe over the last few years. As a social entrepreneur with both an appreciation for business and a heart for community, it’s been simply fascinating to watch a … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/wheres-the-color-in-the-crowd/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/como-canarios-en-la-mina-the-imperative-for-latino-student-success-in-american-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=como-canarios-en-la-mina-the-imperative-for-latino-student-success-in-american-education http://momentum.tides.org/como-canarios-en-la-mina-the-imperative-for-latino-student-success-in-american-education/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:24:48 +0000 cdodd http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1453 According to industrial lore, well into the 20th century, coal miners used yellow canaries to benchmark the safety of the mines in which they worked. As long as the canaries kept singing, the miners could assume that the air supply … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/como-canarios-en-la-mina-the-imperative-for-latino-student-success-in-american-education/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/forging-a-new-consensus-on-immigrants-and-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=forging-a-new-consensus-on-immigrants-and-america http://momentum.tides.org/forging-a-new-consensus-on-immigrants-and-america/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:24:36 +0000 cdodd http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1397 A labor organizer, a preacher and a conservative lobbyist walk into a bar. They order beverages of their choice and they agree: America – in the age of the coming New Majority  – deserves a new, more common-sense immigration process. … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/forging-a-new-consensus-on-immigrants-and-america/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/the-afro-brazilian-opportunity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-afro-brazilian-opportunity http://momentum.tides.org/the-afro-brazilian-opportunity/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:24:27 +0000 cdodd http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1405 Afro-Brazilians are 51% of Brazil’s population, making Brazil the only top 10 GDP country with a majority Black population. In September of 2012, Toby Thompkins, Vice President of Tides 21st Century, sat down for an informal conversation about the new … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/the-afro-brazilian-opportunity/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/a-radical-new-masculinity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-radical-new-masculinity http://momentum.tides.org/a-radical-new-masculinity/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:24:18 +0000 cdodd http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1412 In September 2012, Anthony Jewett, Tides Fellow and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Tides 21st Century, spoke with Cole, Founder and Executive Director of the Brown Boi Project about her groundbreaking work on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and race. Click … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/a-radical-new-masculinity/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/preferred-futures-and-the-new-majority/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preferred-futures-and-the-new-majority http://momentum.tides.org/preferred-futures-and-the-new-majority/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:24:09 +0000 cdodd http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1440 Years ago, I began to read about the radical demographic transformation slowly occurring in America: by the decade 2040, the U.S. is projected to become a majority-minority population. Like many, I received this information with both wonder and concern. I … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/preferred-futures-and-the-new-majority/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/reader-poll-what-do-you-think/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reader-poll-what-do-you-think http://momentum.tides.org/reader-poll-what-do-you-think/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:23:59 +0000 cdodd http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1403 What does the emerging demographic shift in the USA from a white majority to non-white majority (New Majority) by 2042 mean for the agenda and work of White progressives over the next 10 years? We want to hear from you. … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/reader-poll-what-do-you-think/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/how-two-years-in-the-trenches-defending-women%e2%80%99s-health-made-us-stronger%e2%80%94and-ready-for-the-2012-election/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-two-years-in-the-trenches-defending-women%25e2%2580%2599s-health-made-us-stronger%25e2%2580%2594and-ready-for-the-2012-election http://momentum.tides.org/how-two-years-in-the-trenches-defending-women%e2%80%99s-health-made-us-stronger%e2%80%94and-ready-for-the-2012-election/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:15:52 +0000 Author’s Name, Title, Affiliation http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1208 Her note to me started, “I can NOT believe this is happening.” Patti had been reading about the most recent politically-motivated attack on Planned Parenthood. And at the same time that battle was raging, on the radio that morning she’d … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/how-two-years-in-the-trenches-defending-women%e2%80%99s-health-made-us-stronger%e2%80%94and-ready-for-the-2012-election/feed/ 0 http://momentum.tides.org/collective-action-toward-progress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=collective-action-toward-progress http://momentum.tides.org/collective-action-toward-progress/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:58:57 +0000 Author’s Name, Title, Affiliation http://momentum.tides.org/?p=1200 This issue of Momentum features six leaders in the civic-engagement field. Each is implementing a variety of strategies to engage voters, mobilize folks to exercise voting rights, sustain social-change organizations and advocate for meaningful policy change. The backdrop to this … Continue reading →]]> http://momentum.tides.org/collective-action-toward-progress/feed/ 0