Learn about pluralism & different faith traditions

• Encounter World Religions Center
• Interfaith America
• The Interfaith Center at Miami University: Oxford, Ohio
• Many People, Many Faiths, One Nation: A Primer on Religious Pluralism: Aspen Institute Religion & Society Program
• Pew Research Center
• The Pluralism Project: Harvard University
• Pluralism Project : Minnesota Multifaith Network (spotlight)
• Sacred Minnesota: TPT PBS video series on sacred sites in Minnesota
• United Religions Initiative: Resource Library
• USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture
• Wisdom Ways: video library

• Community Outreach Done Right – Five Tips to Building an Effective Strategy by The Social Change Agency  02 Aug 2023
• Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact. Island Press, 2014.  Written by Peter Plastrik, John Cleveland and Madeleine Taylor, this book explores common network design issues in depth and offers practical advice on how to handle them from start up to evaluation. Successful networks are designed—they don’t just happen. Knowing a network’s essential design issues—and how to make and when to change design choices—is a crucial part of the practice of building effective social-impact networks.
• Net Gains: A Handbook for Network Builders Seeking Social Change. The handbook by Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor provides practical advice based on the experiences of network builders, case studies of networks small and large, local and international, and emerging scientific knowledge about “connectivity.” It is intended to join, complement, and spur other efforts to capture and make widely available what is being learned in the business, government, and civic sectors about why and how to use networks, rather than solitary organizations, to generate large-scale impact.
• Network Weaver: During the twenty-first century, activity will increasingly take place in self-organizing, system shifting networks. The Network Weaver website offers resources and discussion space for those who want to better understand network approaches to transformation and improve their skills in facilitating this transition. They also have free and low-cost literature and documents here. You can subscribe to their e-newsletter here.
• Network Weaver Handbook: The Network Weaver Handbook is a practical guide for people interested in catalyzing a new network or enhancing an existing one. Each chapter contains a short section describing key concepts, case studies, and many activities. Following each chapter is a resource section with readings, handouts, checklists, and worksheets. You can easily duplicate these and distribute to people in your network. The handbook is 398 pages and spiral bound.
• Social Change Networks Playbook
• What is Network Weaving?: Q&A with June Holley