History of Connecting for Change

For 11 years the Marion Institute’s community dialogue efforts were centered around the multi-day “Connecting for Change” conference, a festival of ideas and art that energized thousands of participants and inspired dozens of social change projects. In that span of time, hundreds of renowned speakers from around the world shared their passions in keynote speeches and intimate workshops, including luminaries such as Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, environmentalist Bill McKibben, social innovator Van Jones, entrepreneur Paul Hawken, and physician Dr. Thomas Rau. By DVD and online media, those presentations have been spread throughout the world and many of them are available in our Library and on our YouTube Channel, MarionInstituteTV (see below).

Connecting for Change 2011 Highlights | @marioninstitute

Laurie David - Why Family Dinners Matter | @marioninstitute

Kari Fulton - Future Justice the Time is NOW! | @marioninstitute

CFC Youth Committee - Presentation | @marioninstitute

John Perkins & Liza Hunter - 2012 & Other Prophecies | @marioninstitute

Chachi Carvalho - Performance | @marioninstitute

John Francis - Redefining Environment | @marioninstitute

Mercy Bell - Performance | @marioninstitute

William Foote - Root Capital | @marioninstitute

Cape Cod African Drum & Dance - Opening Ceremony | @marioninstitute

Riki Ott - The Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels: Changing the Endgame | @marioninstitute

Misra Walker - Youth Taking ACTION! | @marioninstitute

Satish Kumar - Soil, Soul & Society | @marioninstitute

Ray Anderson - Tribute | @marioninstitute

Ceez - Performance | @marioninstitute

NOTABLE SPEAKERS:
Van Jones
Bill McKibben
Diane Wilson
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Paul Hawken
Vandana Shiva
Majora Carter
Greg Mortenson
Amena Matthews
Ray Anderson
Margot Adler
Riki Ott
Jodi Evans
Satish Kumar
Eben Alexander
Barney Frank
James Hansen
Joel Salatin