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How We Started a Holiday Share Faire to Build Local Resilience and Create Community
Blog | by Rani Jayakumar | November 17, 2017
Learn how one California group is boosting local resilience and strengthening community ties by sharing stuff, skills, memories, and stories.
New Dream Evolves: Young Leaders Question Consumption
Blog | by Amy Hartzler | August 15, 2018
In July, New Dream gathered 10 Youth Fellows in Boston for focused sessions on the complex landscape of consumption and possibilities for future efforts.
"The Struggle in Rural Kentucky, Being a Black Producer, Is Real"
Blog | May 10, 2019
New Dream speaks with Tiffany Bellfield about the challenges she's faced as a business woman of color, and her contributions to her community as a holistic farmer, producer of botanical products, wellness practitioner, convener of women’s retreats, and mom.
Film Review: “Sorry to Bother You”
Blog | by Alexis Arambul and Sarah Allison | September 13, 2018
Two New Dream Youth Fellows have a conversation about Boots Riley’s cringe-inducing satire of racism and capitalism in America.
May My Children Be Givers
Blog | by Bellamy Shoffner | February 7, 2018
Bellamy Shoffner, editor of the online magazine Hold the Line, shares an eye-opening experience that led her to deepen her social justice work and step up her family's efforts to give more to their community.
Solutions to the Pandemic Are Hiding in Plain Sight
Blog | by Ashley Colby | June 8, 2020
Normally, in times of crisis, we look to the technocrats—highly trained doctors, technologists, and bureaucrats—for answers. What if we looked to how communities take care of each other instead?
Youth Perspective: Why We Need Equity and Empathy to Move Our Communities Forward
Blog | by New Dream | April 16, 2019
Former Youth Fellow Josmar Torres talks about the challenges facing his community and the important roles that empathy and political change can play in creating a brighter, more equitable future.
How Electricity Cooperatives in the U.S. Are Paving the Way for a Renewable Future
Blog | by Kevin Stark | July 17, 2017
Emerging co-op programs are keeping costs down and stimulating the economy while reducing energy use and benefiting the environment.
WEBINAR: How to Start a Time Bank
Webinars | September 20, 2012
In a time bank, a group of people agree to trade hours instead of money. In this webinar, founders of the Community Connections TimeBank, Arroyo Time Bank, and Bay Area Community Exchange share how they got their time banks off the ground.
ACTION KIT: Step-by-Step: Breaking the Bottled Water Habit in Your Community
Resources | by New Dream | May 12, 2015
Join the movement to say no to bottled water! In New Dream's Step-by-Step Guide to Breaking the Bottled Water Habit in Your Community, you'll find the tips and resources you need to get a campaign started today. Also available in Spanish!
How Play Paves the Way for Young Leaders
Blog | by Aislinn Pluta | March 17, 2015
"PopUpPlay" helps youth and adults alike nurture their curiosity, and play.
VIDEO: How to Start a Time Bank – strengthen your community using time instead of money (5 min.)
Videos | May 26, 2015
Time banks are an amazing way for communities to share the things they love to do with each other using time instead of money as currency. Learn more through this video.
How to Hook Kids into Civic Engagement
Blog | by Suzita Cochran | October 19, 2016
Looking for a way to get your kids more involved in the community? There's an easy place to start.
VIDEO: From Pop-up to Permanent — using pop-up retail to revitalize local neighborhoods (5 min.)
Videos | July 17, 2013
New Dream profiles popuphood in Oakland, CA, which uses pop-up retail to revitalize local neighborhoods.