Sarah Wong

Bridging Movement 3-layer Theory of Change

• Layer 1 - Field Capacity: Strengthen the bridge-building field


• Layer 2 - Broad Mobilization: Mobilize target sectors and audiences


• Layer 3 - Societal Conditions: Shift social norms at scale

Active agency is replaced by passive consumption, messy relationships are replaced by efficient transactions, and in-real-life community is replaced by disembodied screens.

Financialization – the diversion of financial flows away from production and consumption towards asset markets in pursuit of capital gains

Critical Designers’ produced by an increasing number of design schools are prompted to address social, political and environmental issues through their practices. Yet, who can afford to continue such effort after graduation?

In a dynamic style holding multiple voices, Who Can Afford To Be Critical? discusses the limits that affordability, class and... See more

At that scale, running a platform is more like hosting a dinner party than building a rocket. The distinct and valuable thing you’re building isn’t a new technology, it’s a community. The central tasks are recruiting people to join the community and keeping them involved once they’ve joined. The former requires outreach and the latter requires... See more

I wish that the systems were designed and run by the people using the systems.

place based satisfiers, embedded in community are likely to satisfy multiple needs simultaneously, and are referred to as ‘synergistic satisfiers’. ‘One size fits all’ satisfiers that are centrally created undermine social and cultural diversity and have likely to have a homogenizing effect on everyday life; satisfiers that are decentralized and... See more

On the local news side, there are exciting experiments around community media and re-envisioning local news not just to be something that we bring back in its old form, but something that is co-created in a participatory manner by communities.

Mutual aid has been ubiquitous in indigenous communities and examples can be found throughout history such as medieval craft guilds, American fraternity societies that existed during the Great Depression (providing health and life insurance and funeral benefits). In more recent times, mutual aid organizations, projects and initiatives have formed... See more