From immobility to action.
One of the greatest barriers to changing our world for the better is not a lack of caring, but rather a lack of connection.
Across the country, communities are inventing creative, effective ways to address local challenges, but too often those ideas remain isolated.
One town discovers a brilliant strategy while another unknowingly starts from scratch.
The Long Arc Collective serves as a clearinghouse for those ideas. We identify practical, replicable actions that are already making a difference, and share them so communities can adapt and implement them in their own unique contexts.
Every successful project becomes a blueprint for someone else's success.
What we do today could have generational impact.
Consider these collective actions that have the potential to make positive change for generations.
The Wildflower Collective created a handbook of culturally diverse reproductive community health options, including birth workers, non-corporate care providers, community members and distributed widely in community.
Just Harvest created community gardens to raise awareness of cultural history, expand access to fresh foods in rural “food deserts,” and teach ways of preparing native foods that might not be familiar to the community.
The Wonderment Circle created weekly groups in nature for diverse kids ages 6-14 in public spaces, with safe adults and eco-knowledge to empower young people to be part of caring for the community.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a growing part of how lots of people do their work and the technology we use every day. We understand the harmful impact that AI has on our fresh water supply, land, communities, and future.
We take responsibility for our collective and individual roles that knowingly and unknowingly contribute to that impact. We are committed to learning and practicing the most ethical uses of AI.
The Long Arc Collective is dedicated to limiting our use of AI in any collective action taken with and for our communities. We will be transparent when AI is used and stand firm in a practice of never using AI as a replacement for personal stories and/or images.
For more information about ethical uses of AI and other resources please visit: Mary Finley-Brook on AI and Hyperscale Data Centers