social engagement

Growing Interest in Philanthropy & Volunteerism

by Brian on 10-15-2009

I had a great time at last night’s GenNext launch at Museum London (#gennextuw). GenNext is a United Way initiative to get young people (20′s & 30′s) more engaged in philanthropy & volunteering. The speaker was Marc Kielburger, co-founder of Me to We, an impressively accomplished young guy who shared some of his experience working in a [...]

Tagged as: apathy, charity, generations, institutions, mark kielberger, non-profits, philanthropy, social change, social engagement, volunteering

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Devil in the Details of Tori Stafford’s Story

by Brian on 05-21-2009

in canada,civics,london,media

The Victoria Stafford story is well outside of my old comfort zone: I’ve always preferred abstractness… This is real. After a few weeks of keeping my distance, it was actually not even the story itself but the way The London Free Press has covered it that started to draw me in. And then there was the secondary [...]

Tagged as: community, crime, evil, neighbourhoods, security, social capital, social engagement, society, tori stafford

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