Báyò spoke about the cracks, the spaces outside of the extractive systems that we find ourselves in, the spaces we don’t anticipate, where we can discover something new if we can open ourselves up to it.
Continue readingIn Conversation with Báyò Akómoláfé
A posthumanist polymath and “trans-public” intellectual, Báyò Akómoláfé has produced a vast body of work that presents a startling picture of the world in perpetual process and radical relation.
Continue readingGWI’s Year in Review : 2025
2025 was a year of shifts and seismic shocks, meaningful celebrations and bone-deep gratitude, pivots, adaptation, and a maturation of our work and commitment to Just Transition.
Continue readingInculcating Coordination
Inspired by Osita Nwanevu talking about his book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, Susan shares her reflections.
Continue readingThe Right of the People: an author talk with Osita Nwanevu
In February 2026, we welcomed author & journalist Osita Nwanevu for a talk highlighting his book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
Continue readingFiscal Sponsorship at GWI: What Spreadsheets Have to Do with Building New Worlds
Reflections on my one year anniversary at the Good Work Institute co-leading the fiscal sponsorship program.
Continue readingA Thriving Program in a Challenging Context: GWI Fiscal Sponsorship in 2025
Through fiscal sponsorship, we get to partner with passionate leaders, organizers, and change agents in the region.
Continue readingA Hunter with Peripheral Vision
I saw wolves hunting caribou. They all used the same paths, snow packed down by all the hooves, walls of snow on either side, hemmed in…
Continue readingAmanda’s Transition!
Since September 2024, Amanda Cassiday has served with grace, wisdom, and unflagging energy as one of the Co-Directors of Kingston Common Futures…
Continue readingSolidarity Leaders Lab: Facilitating the Future
We are SO excited to finally share this big news with you! We have been sitting quietly with this idea for a long time – Solidarity Leaders Lab!
Continue readingAnnouncing Kingston Common Futures
Kingston Common Futures’ purpose is to challenge historic imbalances of power and systems of oppression while working towards an inclusive and collaborative ecosystem empowered to serve the common good.
Continue readingWhat is Deep Democracy?
I’ve been having a recurring thought the past few months, as I witness our national politics on the one hand, and the way our team operates on the other: that democracy relies on empathy. Is democracy even possible without empathy?
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