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Initiatives of Change focuses on the link between personal and global change and seeks to inspire, equip, and engage individuals as trustbuilders.

Lack of trust divides Americans over issues of politics, race, economics, and religion. But people of all backgrounds are stepping out as trustbuilders. It starts with listening and responding to the still small voice within, applying values of integrity to everyday living, and taking risks to bridge divides.

Learn about Initiatives of Change – its ideas, its history, its programs, and how you can engage and take action with this global network.

NEWSROOM ARCHIVE>>
Uprooting racial hierarchy: a movement for healing and equity

"If we could model for the world what healing is, it would be a great thing,” said Gail Christopher, vice president for program strategy for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, at the national grantee conference, America Healing for Democracy, in New Orleans last month.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A Citizen Project launched in Quebec, Canada

Canadian history is still handicapped by the way First Nations People have been treated since the arrival of the French and British colonizers. Deep wounds have been inflicted which are still today at the root of numerous social issues and difficult relationships within and between our communities.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, salutes adopted son

Leif Hovelsen, Norwegian writer, resistance fighter and peace activist was deeply engaged with the international work of Initiatives of Change. But in Steamboat Springs, CO, he was best known as the son of Carl Howelsen who introduced ski jumping there in the early years of the twentieth century.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

EDITORIAL ARCHIVE>>
Making time for quiet time

Our lives are busy, our days are hectic, media noise surrounds us and the latest urgent communication is at our finger tips demanding our attention. In this cacophony of over-abundant information, misinformation and disinformation how do we still our hearts and refresh our thoughts?
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Susan Corcoran
Shaping the future

As the new board chair of Initiatives of Change, I am excited about the opportunities that lie open to us together if we have the wisdom, the courage, and the faith to grasp them. The need to bind and heal is as great as ever, and I invite your help as we move strategically to grow our capacity to make a difference.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Alex Wise