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"The care for children, the community, and the household was the glue that kept our community strong and allowed us kids to thrive. This made it hard for me to wrap my head around why there was no economic value or reward placed on this essential work.

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Thank you to those in the CPS community who responded to this month's call for blog submissions on the topic of "Partnership Stories for a Hopeful Future."

Dave Metler writes in The Promise of Centering Childhood in Social Justice Education: "Working with leading child and family activists from across the globe, I see the promise of centering the social justice wisdom from children and childhood into social justice education." Read more

Jennifer Parker writes in The Partnerism Answer for Abuse Survivors: "Victims of intimate partner abuse often ask, “Why did this happen?” Riane Eisler’s research refocuses our attention from what is wrong with survivors to what has happened to them and how domination is supported by our institutions. She indicates the problem isn’t men as a gender but our social system." Read more

Chad McCordic of OneVillage shares in A Partnership Approach to Poverty Reduction: "We are seeing a growing trend in international aid and development, one based in partnership and local expertise: community-led development. It is a shift towards Partnerism and away from domination." Read more

Bianca Briciu writes in her post Leading with Love: "I started a community-based project called The Revolutionary Art of Love, based on a partnership-based dialogue between the intellect and the heart. In the midst of the pandemic we created a global weekly virtual space for open-hearted presence." Read more

Emily Malkin writes in Offers and Needs Markets: Partnership Communities in Action, "This is an exciting opportunity to start practicing an alternative and viable trading system. A post growth future, one in which we see more emphasis on the human experience than on profit accumulation, is a vision for the future that rests on a foundation of partnership systems and values." Read more

Suzanne Jones shares in her post Nurturing Nonviolent Communications: A Partnership Ripple Effect: "I live in a small town with about 10,000 people. The folks here are polite, kind, and everywhere you go, you receive hugs. After living here for a while, though, I began to notice that, while people were definitely polite and kind, they did not understand how to communicate in ways that deeply connect people to one another." Read more

Kristen Jawad writes in Partnership Step By Step: Caring for Self, Others, and Building Trust: "The pandemic has disproportionately impacted single mothers, folks with chronic illnesses and those with aging relatives. I’ve responded by offering home health services to newborn mothers cut off from their support networks, providing spiritual companionship for the bereaved and workshops for parents grappling with important decisions under great uncertainty."

Bob McQueen writes in Purpose, Plan, Partnership, and Prosperity – The Evolutionary Journey, "Partnership is not only a pathway to survival and prosperity but it is also a fundamental building block of human evolution that will enable us to leave the world better than we found it."

Brie Mathers writes in Keep Young Women Connected: Send a Virtual Love Pack: "We’ve laid the seeds for a new virtual connection campaign that keeps young women connected. LOVE PACKs bond young women together and give them an opportunity to draw on their strengths, doing what girls do best: nurture their own well-being through connection with one another." Read more

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