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Playing the Infinite Game During the Meta Crisis with James Carse

By James Carse — 2020

James Carse (Finite and Infinite Games) visits the Stoa to discuss how we can play the infinite game during the meta-crisis.

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The Measure of a Man (Facets)

Two brief yet powerful meditations from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. defining humanity's worth and completion relate to strides toward social justice. Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
2001
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Have We Been Doing Self-Care All Wrong?

To understand how the term “self-care” has evolved, I dug into the history of the phrase. The term has origins in medical research, but its leap from academia to public awareness can be traced back to the Black Panther Party and Black feminist writers.

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Angelica Puzio
2021
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Self-Care, According to a Black Queer Social Justice Advocate

Candace Bond-Theriault says her work supporting the rights of others like her has taught her how and why taking care of herself is important, too.

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Candace Bond-Theriault
2021
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5 Food Activists Connecting Hearts and Histories to Heal a Broken System

Sustainability is often discussed in a high-level, conceptual way as the connection between people, planet, and profit. But in practice, it can be deeply intimate—a relationship to what nourishes us and enables us to thrive.

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Simran Sethi
2021
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The Sustainable Soul of Hip Hop

From songs referencing grandma’s backyard garden to lyrics ripping government for destroying the water supply, many hip hop artists seamlessly weave climate justice into their sounds. After all, being sustainably savvy is how their grandparents and great-grandparents survived.

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Adrienne Samuels Gibbs
2020
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Against Tough Odds, Hispanic Businesses Are Strengthening Communities across America

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we’ll take a look at a few of the Hispanic entrepreneurs who, in Philadelphia—like Latino entrepreneurs in much of the country—are working to strengthen their community and local business ecosystem.

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Janet Alvarez
2020
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Models Chella Man and Aaron Philip Demand Better Representation for Disabled Communities

Models and best friends Chella Man and Aaron Philip are challenging fashion ideals. The two discuss growing up feeling excluded and invisible and detail the bravery it takes to be the change you want to see.

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Tish Weinstock
2020
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The Search for Common Ground

Howard Thurman writes about building community. He calls us at once to affirm our own identity, but also to look beyond that identity to that which we have in common with all of life.

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Howard Thurman
1986
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Beautiful People: LaRayia Gaston, Food Activist + Founder

Food is love—that message is clear in the work being done by LaRayia Gaston, activist and founder of Lunch On Me, which feeds 10,000 organic, plant-based meals to the homeless each month.

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Alyssa Shapiro
2019
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Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America

Keeping Faith is a rich, moving and deeply personal collection of essays from one of the leading African American intellectuals of our age.

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Cornel West
2025
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Community Transformation and Healing