“We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For” - Essays - Yield Giving
Established by MacKenzie Scott to share a financial fortune created through the effort of countless people, Yield is named after a belief in adding value…
Lately I’ve been thinking about murmurations of starlings. The direction of these flights of millions of birds is not determined by any single leader or delegation, but by the responses of each bird to the needs and movements of the birds around it. In this way, they are constantly creating their direction together, and no bird among them can know what shape it will take or where they will land. There is a prophecy written by Hopi elders in the year 2000. It encourages us to recognize and celebrate our role as active participants in the co-creation of our communities. It’s easy to focus on…
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