An outgrowth of the work to date has been the identification of a number of strategic directions and areas for ongoing work.
- The Sequoia Principles
- Fund for Complementary Currencies
- Exploratory Conversation on Money, Race, and Class
- Intuition and Philanthropic Practice
Sequoia Principles
Over the last two years an initiative group of Collaborative members gathered to develop the Sequoia Principles as a values statement and set of operating concepts for the Collaborative itself and to serve as a basis for expanding the conversation around money and its uses. The document has served well but continues to need further refinement. The work of this group, done by teleconference and meetings, is to take the wide range of comment and input and develop the document to its next phase.
Fund for Complementary Currencies
Complementary currencies add a new and important dimension to transforming consciousness and actions around money. With Bernard Lietaer’s (author of The Future of Money) participation in the Collaborative, to growing participation by diverse groups working on studying and implementing complementary currencies, interest and focus have continued to expand. As a consequence of this deep interest, a Complementary Currencies Funding Circle was initiated at the November/December 2005 Collaborative gathering. The Collaborative will continue to work with complementary currencies as a central educational and leverage issue.
Exploratory Conversation on Money, Race, and Class
One important aspect of the Collaborative’s work has been the process of deep interpersonal engagement with the interrelated issues of money, class, race, spiritual practice and age. Each of the gatherings has included a component focused on this crucial and transformative topic. The conversations have been challenging, yet full of profound learning, and have served as the basis upon which the strength of the Collaborative rests. One goal is for the leadership of the Collaborative to model what we would hope to see change in the broader culture. And, it is important that financial capacity not be the determining factor in participation. The work can only have success in face-to-face meetings.
Intuition and Philanthropic Practice
On May 11-13, 2007, RSF Social Finance co-hosted the Intuition and Philanthropic Practice Gathering with the Lifebridge Foundation, and Intuition in Service. Participants included individual philanthropists, as well as representatives from private foundations, public foundations, philanthropic education, and social change organizations.
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