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Bowlby Less Traveled (BLT)
About, Around, and Against the Work of John Bowlby
Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 August 1, 2012 

Association of Small Foundations (ASF) “Adapts” With New WordPress Blog

It’s WWII. Bombs are dropping on cities in the UK. The British government decides to implement a public health policy. Children (and some adults) living in the cities would be evacuated to the countryside. Where possible children would be evacuated to family members: aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. If need be they would be evacuated to […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 July 23, 2012 

FHL Foundation Makes End-Of-Year Summer 2012 Grants

At its summer 2012 board meeting (which was held on July 17th, 2012), the board made its end-of-year grants (for their fiscal year ending July 31st). Here’s a listing of these grants: 1) New Mexico Guardianship Project – $25,000 DESCRIPTION – The NM Guardianship Project helps caregivers get guardianship or adoption for children, ensuring a […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 July 17, 2012 

There’s No Such Thing As “Doing Good” (part II)

In part I, I tried to convince you there’s no such thing as “doing good.” In part II I’ll continue looking at my argument that all doing good is framed by a particular cultural cognitive model or theory of social change. And there are more cultural cognitive models out there than just the conservative Strict […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 July 10, 2012 

There’s No Such Thing As “Doing Good” (part I)

In my capacity as president of my family’s Foundation I am charged with reviewing dozens of LOIs (letter of intent) and Full proposals each fiscal year (which, for us, ends on July 31st). Probably the most used phrase I encounter in these LOIs and Full Proposals is “to do good” or one of its variants, […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 June 26, 2012 

Are You Suffering From the Heartbreak of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)?

Systems thinkers are trained to look and assess for such things as unintended consequences, side effects, and even “blowback.” I consider myself to be a systems thinker, and I consider our Foundation to be a systems focused foundation. In my first career I was a structural geologist. Geology, along with its close association to evolution […]

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