by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
If you have parents, your social activism career just might, with any luck at all, turn out OK. For some social sector activists, parents are hurdles to be pushed out of the way. The poem Journey for Justice repeats an time-worn generational story, “i struggle...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
To describe itself to itself and to attract new converts, it is common these days for the nonprofit sector to talk in terms of investment – obscuring the legal and legitimate lines between grants and donations versus opportunities to make money by doing good...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
Fighting the good fight means big challenges, big ideas, big solutions. In humble contrast, the menial and mind-numbing grunt work required of the social change-maker is tiring and tedious. Accurately and also arrogantly, you know grunt work is below your station,...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
This year, a mentor died. A friend moved on. A social enterprise started sinking. Each loss leaves its unique echo of disappointment and the haunting inner voices of recrimination: I wish I had spent more time with my mentor. I wish I had said this, or not said that,...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
Fulfilling, meaningful work doesn’t start with a big idea. It starts with a small voice hiding inside you. “One of the first things to do is to identify what really matters to you. Try to be very specific. Make sure you choose a mission you really care...
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