8 Stages of Successful Social Movements

(ref: Grassroots and Nonprofit Leadership by Berit Lakey, George Lakey, Rod Napier, Janice Robinson)
Bill Moyer, a United States social change activist, developed a strategic model for waging successful nonviolent social movements in the late 1970s. This model is called the Movement Action Plan (MAP). Here is a summary of this model as described by George [...]

24 Significant Medical Achievements and Their Country of Origin

(ref: wikipedia.org, about.com, various other sources)
Much debate occurs today about whether a country’s chosen health system impedes or encourages discovery and invention in the medical field. The fact is… innovation occurs wherever fertile and creative minds are trying to address real human need.

12 Things About Pete Seeger

(ref: Pete Seeger Appreciation Page, How can I keep from singing by Sarah Van Gelder in Yes! Magazine, and other various sources)

Seeger went to Harvard but left after two years just before final exams in 1938. He made his way to New York, where he eventually landed a job with the Archives of American Folk [...]

10 Famous People Whose Sexual Orientation Gets Left Out of History Books

(Ref: Unfortunately, History Has Set The Record A Little Too Straight poster – October 11th, 2008 is National Coming Out Day)

James Baldwin – writer (1924-1987)
Willa Cather – writer (1873-1947)
Errol Flynn – actor (1909-1959)
Michelangelo – artist (1475-1564)
Edna St. Vincent Millay – poet/playwright (1892-1950)
Cole Porter – composer (1891-1964)
Eleanor Roosevelt – social activist (1884-1962)
Bessie Smith – singer (1894-1937)
Walt [...]