Center for Transformational Change

Center for Transformational Change

@cftchange.bsky.social

Building just futures through community leadership and narrative power.

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Lina Srivastava
@linasrivastava.bsky.social

25 years ago today, Balbir Singh Sodhi was murdered in the first act of post-9/11 hate. That crisis was met with collective action by AMEMSA communities, a model of care that we honor in "An Imprint Left in the Dust," the third volume of our political hope zine series: tinyurl.com/politicalhope3

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Lina Srivastava
@linasrivastava.bsky.social

I have more news to share: Last year, I joined the @10fconsortium.bsky.social, a collective of foresight practitioners and domain experts from 15 countries. We've just released a set of open-access forecasts mapping 10 global transformations. Learn more and download here: www.10fconsortium.org

10fconsortium.org10F Consortium | Open-Source Foresight on Global TransformationTen open-source forecasts on the transformation of globalization (2025-2035). Independent, practitioner-led strategic foresight. CC-BY-4.0 license. Use it, adapt it.

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Heidi Boisvert
@hjboisvert.bsky.social

How do artists practice hope in challenging times? @cftchange.bsky.social brings together creators exploring the urgency of art & creativity to fuel political hope right now. Thank you @linasrivastava.bsky.social for the invite to participate. #TransformationalChange #PoliticalHope #ArtForChange

transformationalchange.coThe urgency of political hope — CfTCWhat good is hope in a time led by charlatans and monsters?  In our present moment, forces aligned toward extraction, opportunism, oppression, and violence seem to have gained momentum over our ...

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The Horizons Project
@horizonsprjt.bsky.social

Here's what we're reading, watching and listening to this month. @19thnews.org @onesixcomics.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social @weforum.org @daniel-hunter.bsky.social @22ci.bsky.social @moreincommonus.bsky.social @wagingnonviolence.org @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social @cftchange.bsky.social

horizonsproject.usTHE VISTA: January 2026Many around the country have been inspired by the collective action of the people of Minnesota in the face of ICE’s surge in the state. We’ve also been called to honor the many distinct responses people are experiencing to the murders in Minneapolis. But what is clear is that the egregious political violence has spurred many new voices to denounce the authoritarian tactics,
Center for Transformational Change
@cftchange.bsky.social

On #MLKDay, we remember Mariam Kaba's call that "hope is a discipline." Our new zine explores how creators sustain political hope through expression and community. It asks: What gives you political hope right now? Read it here: www.transformationalchange.co/news-stories...

transformationalchange.coThe urgency of political hope — CfTCWhat good is hope in a time led by charlatans and monsters?  In our present moment, forces aligned toward extraction, opportunism, oppression, and violence seem to have gained momentum over our ...

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Lina Srivastava
@linasrivastava.bsky.social

Our next "Power Shift" episode explores a fundamental tension between resource holders' technical approach to humanitarian response and local organizations' close-range exposure to the politics of crises. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/202...

thenewhumanitarian.orgPower Shift | Change is so incremental that it’s not happeningThey represent two sides of an ambitious reform process. Can they reconcile their different approaches to improving aid?

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The New Humanitarian
@newhumanitarian.bsky.social

On our new podcast #powershift, Michael Köhler admits that “in the parts of the humanitarian sector that I know, so far there has not been a discussion about power.” Until now. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

buff.lyPower Shift | Do we want to relinquish power, or not?They represent two sides of an ambitious reform process. They often attend the same meetings, and yet, they’ve never spoken one-on-one. Until now.

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Lina Srivastava
@linasrivastava.bsky.social

We need raw, honest dialogue grounded in lived experience in order to shift power. I have a new essay out today in the "Power Shift" podcast series in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social exploring why, and how. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...

thenewhumanitarian.orgCan dialogue transform? Why we launched the Power Shift podcastRaw, honest, direct: Bridging humanitarian power gaps demands a fundamental shift in how we engage and build relationships with each other.

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Lina Srivastava
@linasrivastava.bsky.social

A question this political moment calls us to answer is how we are going to share and distribute power. We explore this in "Power Shift" from @newhumanitarian.bsky.social + @cftchange.bsky.social. The 2nd episode is here! (And where you get your podcasts.) www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/202...

thenewhumanitarian.orgPower Shift | Do we want to relinquish power, or not?They represent two sides of an ambitious reform process. They often attend the same meetings, and yet, they’ve never spoken one-on-one. Until now.

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