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Building Culture



While many people see culture as the traditions, accomplishments, and shared references within a community, these are just the reverberations of what truly defines a community’s culture: the expectations we have of one another and the behaviors we value. Whether in a family, workplace, classroom, neighborhood, social network, or nation, when we talk about building culture, we are talking about defining how we will treat each other and go about accomplishing our goals. While no single individual can determine the culture of a community, we can have a decided impact on the culture of every community we’re a part of when we decide what behaviors we will encourage—and what we won’t tolerate—and to hold ourselves accountable to our own values.

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The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

We are in the midst of a startup revolution. The growth and proliferation of innovation-driven startup activity is profound, unprecedented, and global in scope. Today, it is understood that communities of support and knowledge-sharing go along with other resources.

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Why Artistic Activism?

Artistic activism draws from culture, to create culture, to impact culture. If artistic activism is successful, the larger culture shifts in ways big and small.

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The Power of Positive Words

In November 2015, the Young Men in the Imperial Falls ward decided to change some lives for the better. They surprised more than 30 girls and told them how fantastic they all were!

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The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom

In The Emancipation Circuit Thulani Davis provides a sweeping rethinking of Reconstruction by tracing how the four million people newly freed from bondage created political organizations and connections that mobilized communities across the South.

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How Artists Build the Spirit of a Town

Why does a community bring an artist into its life? What do the artists and their presence bring to a town and the people who live there?

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Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) – Octane – Targeting a New Culture

In this edition of Project Octane, Paul Chu, founder of RedWolf Airsoft, discusses the merits of adopting a “West meets East” approach to company culture, and how internal growth is just as important as external growth.

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The Art of Protest: Culture and Activism from the Civil Rights Movement to the Present

The Art of Protest, first published in 2006, was hailed as an “essential” introduction to progressive social movements in the United States and praised for its “fluid writing style” and “well-informed and insightful” contribution (Choice Magazine).

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Understanding Cultural Entrepreneurship

A close look at entrepreneurship’s notion towards social reforms and responsibility, and how over time it has brought a positive change in our lives.

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Centering BIPOC Communities in Dharma Practice

Please join us for the eighth and final event in the Harvard Buddhist Community's 2021 Buddhism and Race Speaker Series. This event will be a panel discussion comprised of representatives from three BIPOC-led centers.

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The Power of Stories: A Guide for Leading Multi-Racial and Multi-Cultural Congregations

Most congregational leaders find it difficult to resist the dominant cultural expectation that different cultural and ethnic groups should stick to themselves -- especially when it comes to church.

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