We offer a ultra-high-leverage approach to social change
Many people are working to change society. ... But generally the SOLUTIONS they pursue are WITHIN the existing system, either...
At the same time this strategy removes the blocks to all the ordinary solutions can start to work.
However, usually out-of-the-box or over-the-top-positive approaches like this are met with dismissal. We ask that you approach the material in this website with curiosity instead of dismissal ... and hopefully you will experience an insight: "Holy Heck! This would work! ... This has to happen! ... How can I help?"
- "top-down" (e.g. influencing policy)
- or "bottom-up" (e.g. building a "critical mass" of consciousness)
At the same time this strategy removes the blocks to all the ordinary solutions can start to work.
- "top-down" —e.g. how to pass appropriate policy when there is partisan gridlock? ... Add the new element of a clear, shared sense of "The Public Interest". Heck once the people reach unity there is no higher authority than "We the People" —not Congress, the President, the Supreme Court nor even the Constitution.
- or "bottom-up" (e.g. How to build a "critical mass" of consciousness when many people are stuck in fear-based thinking arising from childhood trauma and a media willing to perpetuate the basis of fear. ... Engage everyone in facing the real crises, in a community-building conversation with listening and creativity that builds a shared perspective. ... So here's how we really address issues like "structural racism" or "media silos".
However, usually out-of-the-box or over-the-top-positive approaches like this are met with dismissal. We ask that you approach the material in this website with curiosity instead of dismissal ... and hopefully you will experience an insight: "Holy Heck! This would work! ... This has to happen! ... How can I help?"
Please help bring this forward
- Test the ideas in this website. ... And see that this is an accessible positive path forward for our society.
- Stand tall ... Practice sharing these ideas with others, especially those discouraged about societal problems and those exclusively pursuing within-system (i.e. top-down and bottom-up) solutions.
- Donate to the Center for Wise Democracy! ... All donations are tax-deductible. We are a 501-c3 organization.
- Contribute your ideas and labor ... Help us make a better web site, editing, organizing, etc.
- Attend a seminar ... Essential Wisdom for Solving Society's Biggest Problems (free online); or Dynamic Facilitation and the Wisdom Council (in person)
- Help organize a Seminar in your area with the aim of establishing a local Wisdom Council Process.
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