SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TRENDS
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Young Futurists: Share Your Vision, Shape Our Future
Humanity has entered a historic transition period. To ensure a sustainable future, decisive policies and actions are required in response to the challenges and opportunities of living within the reality of one planet. To function and be competitive in this fast changing world, people, organizations, and nations need to possess the foresight, awareness, wisdom, and know-how that enables them to visualize and then shape the future society they choose to build. Accelerating environmental changes and associated risks remind our global village―continuously and ever more convincingly—that time is of the essence, This interactive dialogue with and for young futurists will explore the frontiers of practical formal education, non-formal on-the-job training, and informal TV, radio, phones, games, recreation, edutainment. These accelerated learning solutions are needed to prepare humanity for a successful transition to a globally sustainable lifestyle.
Who should attend: Young futurists who wish to actively participate in co-creating an environment that will engage GenHYZ as tomorrow’s leaders.
What you’ll learn: Attendees will learn how the sharing and distribution of user generated audiovisual content can help foster hope and division for the 21 century.
How this knowledge can be applied: Participants will be encouraged to participate in on-going social video networked post-conference dialogues with peers from around the country as part of an effort to celebrate the best ideas and proposals for creating hope and vision for the 21st century through accelerated learning innovations.Carter Harkins, co-founder of Intrascopic Media Inc., the interactive technology company behind planet2025.tv and CrowdAbout.us.
Steven Lovink, social entrepreneur, founder and president, Oklanet2025 Network; founder and president Planet2025 Newtwork; and co-founder Institute for Environmental security; and founder and president TransGlobal Ventures, Inc. Washington, D.C.Daniel Nelson: co-founder of Intrascopic Media Inc., developer of Innertoo.com, Planet2025.tv, and CrowdAbout.us.
Key words: sustainable futures, global village, learning
Issue areas: Social and Cultural Trend, Learning and EducationThe Evolution and Future Direction of Marriage
Statistics on marriage since the second half of the twentieth century have not been encouraging. Divorce rates are at an all time high. Is marriage as we know it doomed? This discussion examines the origin, evolution, and current state of marriage, with a focus on the United States and developed countries, and explores preferable future possibilities for marriage in our fast-paced and increasingly complex world. Key themes include long-term evolutionary trends, gender roles and sexual negotiation, changing social norms and values, the rise of secularism and individualism, ethical virtues, partnership and synergy, and the effect of potential future trends on marriage. Participants will be challenged to identify factors that will lead to happy and sustainable marriages in the future.
Who should attend: Educators, counselors, humanities students and teachers, social scientists, philosophers, psychologists, couples, and those wishing to be coupled.
What you’ll learn: Attendees will learn the origins and historical trends pertaining to marriage, psychology of love and gender, gender roles and relationships, and preferred directions for marriage in the future.
How this knowledge can be applied: This session places marriage in a historical and evolutionary context and provides guidelines and values for sustainable marriages in the future.Jeanne Belisle Lombardo, education coordinator, Rio Salado College, Phoenix, Arizona
Thomas Lombardo, futures professor and faculty chair of Psychology, Philosophy, and Integrated Studies, Rio Salado College; author, The Evolution of Future Consciousness and Contemporary Futurist Thought, Tempe, Arizonakey words: marriage, family, society, personal growth, love
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Values and Spirituality; Learning and Education
A Movement Towards Complex, Whole-Systems Thinking for the 21st Century
This session looks at the new, complex, whole-systems worldview that's emerging, and recognizes both the unity and diversity within systems. It is argued that this worldview is especially appropriate for an increasingly interdependent world, where a great diversity of species, cultures, and religious/spiritual perspectives interact with each other. This presentation examines how the whole-systems worldview is reflected in each of these areas, and how to prevent or solve conflicts by finding unity while nurturing diversity.
Who should attend: Anyone interested in understanding why a black and white worldview is a dangerous worldview for an increasingly interdependent 21st century. Business, government, academic, and community leaders who want to understand the values and worldviews necessary for the 21st century should attend.
What you’ll learn: This session elaborates on the new, emerging, complex, whole-systems worldview, and how this mindset is rising in the areas of new scientific paradigms/worldviews, ecological systems, energy alternatives, and unity among diverse races, cultures, and religious/spiritual traditions in an increasingly interdependent world.
How this knowledge can be applied: The adoption of a whole-systems worldview could lead to better solutions for a variety of global and regional problems.Fabienne Goux-Baudiment, head, Research Centre for Futures Studies, Progective; president, World Futures Studies Federation, Paris, France
Linda Groff, director, Global Options Consulting; professor of political science and future studies; coordinator, Behavioral Science Undergraduate Program, California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson, Californiakey words: worldview, whole systems, diversity, unity
issue area: Social and Cultural Trends
The Superlongevity Revolution and the Advance Toward 400 Million
While it is generally acknowledged that the world’s population will grow throughout the 21st century, this increase will be unevenly distributed among nations and geographic regions. For instance, the populations of Russia and Europe will contract, while those of the United States and India will rapidly grow. The U.S. population officially reached 300 million in 2006, and is projected to exceed 400 million by 2050. The Superlongevity Revolution, the radical extension of the human lifespan brought on by breakthroughs in biotechnology, caloric restriction, genetic engineering, and stem cell science, could accelerate the timetable by substantially reducing its death rate.
This session focuses on the opportunities and challenges that rapid population growth presents. In the 21st century, countries with growing populations have enormous economic and political advantages, not the least of which is their relatively young and expanding base of producers and consumers. In this presentation, the speaker shows that in order to fully tap the full potential of this expanding population base, these countries must develop an advanced transportation system to facilitate internal population migration, maintain a firm commitment to technological progress and robust economic growth, and improve their technological and scientific training infrastructure. They must also introduce policies permitting the rapid development and implementation of new technologies and pharmaceutical breakthroughs, such as growth hormones, smart pills, and nanotechnology, which will better enable their citizens to contribute to the economy throughout their lives.Who should attend: Members of the business community, government policy planners, futurists, academics, social scientists, and anyone concerned about the impact of population growth.
What you’ll learn: Attendees will learn about the impact of population growth on our global economic and social future. Government planners will find this presentation relevant to policy issues, and health-care professionals will be interested in the impact of medical breakthroughs on population trends.
How this knowledge can be applied: Participants can utilize this knowledge in the governmental and organizational planning process, and can help them become more informed citizens and voters.Michael G. Zey, professor, Montclair State University; author, The Ageless Society and The Future Factor: Forces Transforming Human Destiny, Morristown, New Jersey
key words: demographics, superlongevity, economy
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Technology and Science
The Phenomenon of People Power: Hope for the 21st Century
There are currently some 40 regional and ethnic conflicts taking place worldwide, all within the borders of individual nation-states. The international community does not have the political and diplomatic tools to intervene in these intra-state conflicts to bring about a peaceful solution because of national sovereign boundaries, a cornerstone of international relations in the modern nation-state system.
As a result, we see that since 1990, the people themselves in many of these conflicted nations have risen in frustration, usually non-violently, to throw out the government in power, demanding that their country take the path of democracy.
This presentation will briefly review examples of “people power,” such as in Georgia, Ukraine, Lebanon, and most recently, Nepal, which brought about unprecedented transition. The session will focus on the criteria needed to bring about successful changes. Furthermore, we will predict which countries will be impacted by this phenomenon of “people power” over the next five years, and will explore the possibility of the development of a systematic, new kind of sustainable and peaceful “people power,” to embolden and give hope to people everywhere in the world.Who should attend: Government, military, business, global strategists, security experts, academics, students, peace and conflict resolution experts.
What you’ll learn: Attendees will learn about the rising global phenomenon of “people power” and its future, the application of peaceful means to change governments, and new key strategies for the peaceful transformation in conflicted areas through a systems-approach in multi-track diplomacy.
How this knowledge can be applied: The ability to understand and even predict future global political events in areas of intra-state conflict will enable governments, business, NGOs, etc., to be supportive of people power in areas of conflict and do all they can to avoid violence, for their own benefit.Honorable John W. McDonald, chairman and co-founder, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy; former ambassador to United Nations Affairs, Arlington, Virginia
key words: government, peace, security, democracy, conflict prevention
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Governance and Communities
If Crises are Natural, Can We Avoid Them or Manage Them?
No one wants a crisis; but sometimes, in the natural world, crisis can have a clarifying, cleansing, innovative impact. What if we are applying the laws of machines where the laws of living creatures belong, using determinism in the wrong setting? If so, is it possible to harness the potential of crises in order to improve our overall future? How can we improve our approach? How can we be better predict and prepare for crisis? How might we better avoid them? What can crisis teach us?
Who should attend: Everyone caring for a safer world.
What you’ll learn: Participants will gain a new mindset and some useful hints about dealing with crises.
How this knowledge can be applied: This knowledge answers a ubiquitous need.Daniel Michel Judkiewicz, managing director, Xland, Brussels, Belgium
key words: risk, crises, catastrophes, complexity
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Technology and Science; Futures Methodologies, Tools, and Processes
Cutting-Edge Issues in Evolution: Impacts of Scarcity vs. Abundance
Worries about scarcity are having big impacts on our lives and on evolution—past, present, and future. Today's scarcity issues include: natural and man-made catastrophes such as comets, hurricanes, earthquakes, ice ages or global warming, extinction of species, epidemics (the Black Plague, HIV/AIDS, Sars, and Avian Flu), war, population, food, energy, environment, and water quality. Faith in the power of technology to secure abundance and prosperity also impacts the way we live and view the future. Abundance issues include: scientific and technological innovations, social innovations, and the evolution of human consciousness. In this session, we will explore how these various issues impact evolution—in physical, biological, cultural, technological, and consciousness areas—historically, today, and in alternative futures.
Who should attend: Anyone working in business, government, academic, and community areas.
What you’ll learn: This session provides a systematic examination of some of the key issues that humanity has faced and is facing now and into the future that are leading to either more scarcity or abundance, and how each of these impact evolution. We will also seek to clarify the policy implications of these issues.
How this knowledge can be applied: Issues of scarcity and abundance have had big impacts on evolution historically, and will continue to do so today and in the future. How can one anticipate these impacts and develop policies to make possible or probable negative impacts more preferable, while also reinforcing more positive impacts?Jan Amkreutz, president, Digital Crossroads Consulting; author, Digital Spirit: Minding the Future, Morgan Hill, California
José Luis Cordeiro, president, Venezuelan Chapter of the World Future Society; co-founder, Venezuelan Transhumanist Association (VTA); chair, Venezuelan Node of the Millennium Project, Caracas, Venezuela
Linda Groff, director, Global Options Consulting; professor of political science and future studies; coordinator, Behavioral Science Undergraduate Program, California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson, Californiakey words: evolution, consciousness, futures
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Values and Spirituality
SPECIAL EVENT
Conversation with JoeJoseph Coates, author of more than 500 articles and reports on the future, shares his years of expertise on futures issues with the futurist community in this conversational, informal session. This dialogue forum is meant as a place where conference attendees may discuss interests and concerns about the future. Through informal exchanges with the audience, Coates will converse on any topic of interest—there are no constraints on the questions other than they be about the future.
Joseph F. Coates, president, Joseph F. Coates Consulting Futurist, Inc.; co-author, 2025: Scenarios of U.S. and Global Society Reshaped by Science and Technology, Washington, D.C.
issue area: Social and Cultural Trends
EVENING KEYNOTE
Global Poverty: Finding Workable Solutions for the FutureThe most intractable problem in the world today is poverty. This rich/poor gap affects relationships within every nation and between all nations. In spite of trillions of dollars and energetic efforts by governments, businesses, nonprofits, and individuals, there has been little easing of the problem. No matter what we do, it persists.
Sometimes it is best to forget what you think you know and look at the issue as if you were seeing it for the first time. It is time to take such an approach to poverty. Everybody talks about it as a have/have not issue. But if we look at it from another perspective, we might see more workable solutions.Who should attend: Anyone interested in the global problem of poverty.
What you’ll learn: The in/out context focuses on how the poor are excluded or kept out. Looking at ways to remove the walls, barriers, and other techniques for keeping the poor out—of countries, professions, etc.—is another way to address the problem.
How this knowledge can be applied: Clearly, the world needs more innovative and effective ways to overcome poverty. The approaches resulting from this session can be refined and presented as concrete proposals for experimentation and implementation to policymakers in national governments and the United Nations and leaders in the business and nonprofit worlds.Arnold Brown, chairman, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.; World Future Society Board of Directors; co-author, FutureThink: How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change, New York, New York
Edie Weiner, president, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.; co-author, FutureThink: How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change, New York, New York
Other Panelists To Be Determinedkey words: poverty, society
issue area: Social and Cultural Trends
Questions and (Some) Answers with Michael Marien: The View from Future Survey
What is the likelihood that humankind will survive the 21st century? What ought to be done about climate change, and what is likely to be done? How can we organize ourselves to govern evolution—to understand and act on our major problems? Are new communications and formal education reducing ignorance or creating it? Will more of us live healthier and longer lives in the decades ahead? Will science and rationality be ascendant or will fundamentalist religion reign? Is widespread multi-faceted calamity likely in the next decade? Will democracy be strengthened in the U.S. and world, or weakened? In other words, how does one determine and then address the major questions of our time?
This open discussion will explore these and other issues vital to our global environment.Who should attend: Anyone interested in the big questions of the early 21st century.
What you’ll learn: Participants will find out what questions are looming in the minds of those in attendance and will receive some answers.
How this knowledge can be applied: Attendees will hopefully think differently at the end of the session, and perhaps be inspired to pursue some of these major questions. At the end of the session, attendees will vote on the “Top Ten” questions.Michael Marien, founder and editor, Future Survey, LaFayette, New York
key words: humankind, society, culture, trends
issue area: Social and Cultural Trends
Population: Infinite Growth in a Finite World?
“Of all the issues we face, none is more important than population growth,” says a National Geographic feature article on population. In spite of slowly moderating growth rates, the total number of people on this planet is projected to increase to 9 billion by 2050, up from 6.5 billion today. Reducing this growth may be the challenge of our time.
Today, hundreds of millions of people live in abject poverty and misery on less than two dollars a day; human numbers increase by 200,000 every 24 hours (net gain); the impacts of this constant population growth on the environment—in the form of global warming, vital resource depletion, and species extinction—are huge. The human costs of overpopulation in terms of social tension, hunger, poverty, disease, and suffering are, likewise, enormous. What can we do to address these challenges and create a more peaceful, humane, and sustainable world for all?Who should attend: Anyone who wants to understand the future impacts of increasing human numbers on our planet, as well as those who want to understand why humane population stabilization, arguably, is the most challenging issue of our time.
What you’ll learn: Attendees will gain a historical overview of population increases and will learn why actively stopping population growth in a world of limited resources is crucial, and why this mega-issue has become so politically charged.
How this knowledge can be applied: Attendees will learn how continuing, rapid population increase applies to every major challenge in the world today.Frank Babka, World Population Balance, Minneapolis, Minnesota
David Paxson, president, World Population Balance, Minneapolis, Minnesotakey words: population, stabilization, resources, global challenges
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Governance and Communities; Resources and Environment
What Use are Men?: The Future of Gender Roles in Society
Men’s superior physical strength is no longer needed. Nor are his sperm since there is enough frozen to maintain the globe’s population. The fragile Y chromosome is shrinking and now has little functionality. If you take away men’s roles in work, society, and sexual reproduction, what’s left? This session is about the redundancy of men and the impact of women’s growing power in the world.
Like it or not, women are different from men, and women’s interests, values, and needs are different from those currently in positions of power. But if women simply replace male hegemony with a similar domination by women, nothing will be achieved. The risks here are great. We could experience a male backlash—at its mildest, more men grumbling that things have changed too far in the other direction; at its strongest, real aggression against women, by those aggrieved that their places, their jobs, and their usefulness in society has been usurped by women.
Recent research has uncovered many differences in the cognitive and affective functions of men and women. We think and feel differently. So how can society make best use of these differences? What can be done to salvage the best of maleness and femaleness and avoid a sexual meltdown?
Some futurists predict that genders could be chemically created. We need, therefore, to consider the consequences of such manipulation. Up to now, gender control in the population has only been possible by abortion or killing newborns. In the future, it may be possible to determine the genetic and the hormonal sex of a child, both before birth and during puberty. In an era when gender is irrelevant, will we all choose to be neutral, carrying a balance of male and female qualities, or will the great gender divide continue?Who should attend: Futurists, business professionals, academics, and public sector decision makers. Anyone interested in gender and its role in society from either a personal or professional view.
What you’ll learn: Attendees will learn about our current state of knowledge on gender differences (physiological and behavioral) and how in the future maleness and femaleness will be able to be manipulated by genetic, surgical, and pharmaceutical intervention.
How this knowledge can be applied: The knowledge gained from this session is designed to raise awareness and make the audience reflect and make connections with their own thinking and areas of work. It will enable us to value more the contribution of gender to our personal life, society at large, and civilization in general.Karen Moloney, director, Moloney Minds Ltd., London, United Kingdom
key words: gender, society, sex
issue area: Social and Cultural Trends
SPECIAL EVENT
The Demographic Singularity: The Changing Face of the FutureMany of our assumptions about the social, political, economic, technological, and environmental trends of the future are based on a set of demographic assumptions that reflect the past more than the future. The face of the future is radically changing in America. Everyday between now and the year 2043, the face of America will become more black, more brown, more Asian, indeed more non-white, while at the same time, the population of the country will become more grey. Already nearly half of America’s children under five years of age are racial or ethnic minorities. Will this radical change in our population create the effect of a “demographic singularity” where the context for our national identity becomes something many of us are unable to recognize?
Who should attend: Anyone whose work involves the general public.
What you’ll learn: Participants will learn new population statistics reflecting a wide range of segments of society and what the implications of these changes may mean for the social, political, economic, environmental, and technological trends of the future.
How this knowledge can be applied: Attendees will use this information to help guide their companies and organizations through these demographic changes.Nat Irvin II, founder, FutureFocus 2020; executive professor of future studies and assistant dean of MBA student development, Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University; member, World Future Society Board of Directors, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
key words: demographics, population, society
issue area: Social and Cultural Trends
SPECIAL EVENT
The Future of Immigration: Global Solutions and ImplicationsOnly a Global Mindset Will Provide Solutions to Undocumented Immigration
Illegal immigration is one of the greatest dilemmas we face as a nation. Proposed solutions merely patch the problem, which is too vast and growing too rapidly for this approach to bring noticeable improvement. Focusing exclusively on symptoms is not an effective solution. A better strategy is to address the source of the problem. This session will explore potential international synergies to deal with immigration and will show how globalization and illegal immigration are linked. We’ll also look at how illegal immigration can be reduced to a level at which corrective measures can be implemented effectively.
Who should attend: Law enforcement, government, corporate executives, and anyone interested in how immigration affects the world.
What you’ll learn: Attendees will learn about the reasons behind the undocumented migration to the United States as well as possible ways in which to reduce and manage it.
How this knowledge can be applied: Participants will be able to apply the knowledge acquired by demanding more comprehensive coverage on this issue from the media and more realistic solutions from their representatives.Hector Garcia, former vice president, International and Domestic Emerging Markets, Wells Fargo; former coordinator, AHANNA (African, Hispanic, Asian, Native and New American communities) on civic and public policy issues; co-founder and executive director, Minnesotans for NAFTA, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Borders of the Future: Conduits or Compounds?
This presentation is a guided reflection on the evolving concept of “borders” in its political, economic, and social aspects. Even while global telecommunications are fundamentally changing our conceptions of national boundaries and national sovereignty, the reality of global terrorism is strengthening and reinforcing the impulse toward greater physical security and immigration control among nations. As people come closer together virtually, they may also be growing more distant physically and politically. Borders have always served as avenues for interaction and security buffers against threats. In an environment of heightened danger, the security concerns assume a greater priority. This talk explores the interaction and implications of these tendencies, and presents several themes to guide future thinking and policy making in this area.
Who should attend: Law enforcement and security specialists, international business and immigration work professionals, personnel and human capital professionals.
What you’ll learn: The audience will gain information on major security issues involved in policing and controlling the border, major themes in future migration issues, and some insight into the effect of global knowledge collaboration on physical border security.
How this knowledge can be applied: These themes will illustrate potential threats and opportunities in future global migration patterns and will help law-enforcement security specialists and corporate professionals devise effective plans in their respective areas in light of these trends.Joseph Greene, former director, Office of Training and Development, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Washington, D.C.
key words: borders, security, global migration, immigration
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Governance and Communities
The Future of Homeland Security: Breaking the Boundaries
“All disasters are local” has been a mantra for many years. While that is certainly true, we should not expect local communities to be able to respond to a catastrophic event such as a terrorist attack by themselves. The need to share information, both vertically and horizontally and look within and between communities, regions, and states for support is paramount. We must create a system to enhance regional response capability, to create resilient communities, and to ensure interoperability among all emergency response disciplines over the coming years.
There are many boundaries that have been created over hundreds of years. Local, state, and federal agencies didn’t share information and intelligence they collected. The public and private sectors were wary of each other. Professional emergency responders did not fully embrace volunteers, and the general public was not recognized as a viable and essential part of our preparedness system.
The future of homeland security may depend upon redefining boundaries and ensuring that we focus our efforts toward making these changes.Who should attend: Participants interested in homeland security and emergency management at the local, state, and federal levels.
What you’ll learn: Attendees will learn about the complex issues within the homeland security community and how redefining roles and responsibilities will improve our level of preparedness and our ability to respond to a catastrophic event.
How this knowledge can be applied: By understanding the role of the general public in preventing for and responding to disaster, attendees can help create resilient communities.Ralph Boelter, special agent in charge, Minneapolis Division, FBI, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tim Dolan, police chief, Minneapolis Police Department; former assistant police chief, deputy chief, inspector, and commander of the 4th Precinct (north Minneapolis); former commander of narcotics, commander of emergency response, and director of training, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kris Eide, director, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, St. Paul, Minnesotakey words: homeland security, emergency management, catastrophe, preparedness
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Governance and Communities
The Challenges for Latin America in the Globalization Era
Nurturing a promising future for the southern Latin American continent and its countries requires an in-depth study of the area’s economy, the education challenges present, and the recent political changes, in other words, a thorough analysis of the Latin American society.
This session presents information and statistics on the population, incremental growth, education levels, analysis of wealth distribution, technology access indicators per capita, the impact of dollar wiring from U.S. immigrants to their respective nations, and the abrupt contrast between the most affluent and the most underprivileged countries.Who should attend: Scholars, sociologists, psychologists, researchers, business owners, investors, and institutions or organizations interested in opening new markets in the Latin American region.
What you’ll learn: Participants will learn about the political, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of the Latino population of the 21st century. We will explore the specific “hybrid” aspects of each regional culture, which explains the peculiar profile of a diversified ethnic group. This knowledge will undoubtedly foster a better understanding of this idiosyncrasy and provide insight into building better human relationships and beneficial future coalitions.
How this knowledge can be applied: The audience will become familiar with the current general status of Latin America and its path into the future. This analysis allows businesses, organizations, and institutions the possibility to infer new opportunities for investments, and provision of immediate needs, such as different types of support for the region’s educational and professional development growth.Viviana Hall (interpreter), program specialist, Bilingual Education Office, School of Education and Human Development, SMU, Dallas, Texas
Pedro Morales, president and CEO, Grupo CIMA Internacional (CIMA Group International), Bogota, Colombiakey words: Latin America, population
issue area: Social and Cultural Trends
Uncivil Discourse and the Rise of the Outrage Industry
Anger and insularity are growing trends in our everyday lives. Why? What is driving this negativity and who is gaining by it? By reflecting on the ways in which we used to rely upon community institutions that brought us value, and with a focus on creating common ground for the common good, we can bring better and more sustainable health to our communities.
Who should attend: Anyone interested in exploring anger and insularity in our society and how it is impacting the way we govern ourselves.
What you’ll learn: Participants will learn how anger is being commoditized and some ideas as to how we can reformulate our community institutions to work in new ways together to get better results.
How this knowledge can be applied: These negative forces of anger and insularity influence our commercial, governmental, nonprofit, and religious institutions. We will show that everyone has the power to push back for the benefit of society as a whole.Nate Garvis, vice president of government affairs, Target Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
key words: civics, community, society
issue areas: Social and Cultural Trends; Governance and Communities; Values and Spirituality
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