Stories 16 Sep 2015 Common Change is growing in South Africa There are arguably few places in the world where the need for a new model of giving is as critical as in South Africa. The country is still dealing with… Valerie Anderson
Inspiration, Stories 19 May 2015 Our Generosity Dinners My very first internship when I arrived in the fall of 2012 in Austin, TX was with ActsofSharing.com, a platform inspired by the sharing economy but more than that, in… Brian Boitmann
Stories 24 Apr 2015 Binding Together by Rich Jones A few years ago, my friend Travis Glendenning and I started a conversation around how to make our communities even better. I am a local pastor as… Rainmaker
Stories 20 Mar 2015 My Education in The Complexity of Poverty Written by Sean Gladding When I first moved to the States two decades ago, I volunteered at a program called ‘Second Helpings’, a community meal served on Saturdays at a… Rainmaker
Stories 17 Mar 2015 My Education in the Complexity of Poverty Written by Sherry Maddock We’ve never grown accustomed to the early morning knocks at our backdoor. Sometimes it was Terrence, a little one from the bus stop outside our house,… Rainmaker
Stories 12 Sep 2014 The Heart of Sharing and Caring Written by Valerie Anderson The emerging Sharing Economy sparks new ways of approaching age-old problems. However, if the Sharing Economy settles for simply monetizing the things people own, without capturing… Rainmaker
Stories 27 Dec 2013 Real People. Real [and natural] Birth. JOY. A new baby is an absolute joy, but they can be expensive. Claire's older sister was pregnant and the… Brett Anderson
Stories 23 Dec 2013 Real People. Real Healing. STRONG. Ever find that helping someone else has cost you? That happened to Beth, who has spent the last ten… Brett Anderson
Stories 23 Dec 2013 Real People. Real Relief. FREE. Did you ever find yourself in a place where the battles seem to just keep adding up? Joy has… Brett Anderson
Stories 23 Dec 2013 Real People. Real Fresh Start. MERCY. Ever needed to erase the past? Rachel is a student of one of our Common Change members. Abandoned by… Brett Anderson
