Scheming and Dreaming: Building Local Decision-Making Power for People with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses

I’ve been thinking a lot more about disability movements and policies lately, and about how we can use our resources and knowledge at Cities & People to support and advance those movements and policies. It’s not new territory for me, personally or professionally. But I’ve come across some new works that have redirected my thinking, and I’d like to share them with you.

Advancing Strategies, Stimulating AdvocacyLaurie Jones NeighborsAugust 17, 2022disability, capitalism, boards and commissions, public sector, intersectionality, racial justice, transformation, governance, program development, health equity, policymaking, root causes, systems change, social movements

1,100 Silver Brooches and a Tool for Thinking About Transformative Change

Admittedly, I've tried 1,100 ways of talking with people about transformative change through policymaking, with varied responses. I've been most successful with college students, but then again I have had them for as much as 16 weeks of lead up to the big ah-ha moment. More often, I have sixty minutes, and in this particular case I had forty-five. So, here's what I did in the whirlwind.

Advancing StrategiesLaurie Jones NeighborsJune 19, 2019colonialism, evaluation theory, governance, inside-outside strategy, patriarchy, reading, systems change, transformation, transformative justice, policymaking

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