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Servant Leaders & Tempered Radicals: Fumbling Towards Ethical Leadership

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by Jessika Hepburn

"The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than rule" Albert Einstein print

  Click here to download a printable copy of Einstein's quote!  One thing editing OMHG has taught me over and over again is that none of us know what we are doing but all of us can learn from each other along the way. I didn't set out to turn OMHG into a community that was rooted in my ethics of social change and service. I had planned to keep my head down and market my … [Read more...] about Servant Leaders & Tempered Radicals: Fumbling Towards Ethical Leadership

Taking A Little Break (but we’ll be back soon!)

Friday, March 1, 2013 by Jessika Hepburn

It has been the busiest month of all time for our little family! I've tried super hard to keep all the balls rolling with moving into our new house and brand new site but our sweet new house turned out to be waaaaay more work then we had thought and we've uncovered all sorts of fun stuff like rotting wood, mice (are really not very nice), and other grand old house gifts. At the … [Read more...] about Taking A Little Break (but we’ll be back soon!)

For Love And Brooches-A Pin Party!

Monday, February 25, 2013 by Marisa Edghill

OMHG Pin Party Time

hello brooch - nicenicenice / embroidery hoop brooch - dandelyne / house brooch - andsmile spirit fox pin - the knotty owl / starry sky brooch - twenty fingers / tiger cat brooch - sketch.inc polyhedron brooch - olulu / teapot brooch - kimono reincarnate / brooch notebook - tandem gifts I know, I know, you're thinking - those are some mighty fine looking brooches Marisa, but … [Read more...] about For Love And Brooches-A Pin Party!

Welcome! Welcome! To The New OMHG

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 by Jessika Hepburn

Hello friends! Come right on in and get comfortable in our beautiful new online home! The team at Aeolidia pooled all their skills to craft us a site that took our little old blog and transformed it into the first virtual community centre for creative entrepreneurs! We've moved over here to the new site and launched the blog and main pages while we finish up on the marketplace, … [Read more...] about Welcome! Welcome! To The New OMHG

Today is the Day! New House, New Site, Cadillac!

Friday, February 15, 2013 by Jessika Hepburn

I feel a bit like a time bomb! So many beginnings happen today for our family and the OMHG community: we get the keys to our new house, our community financing campaign ends, and our new site gets all ready for pre-launch behind the scenes! Crazy day of goodness! Part of me feels a bit like Cinderella waiting for the bell to ring midnight and all these magical happenings to … [Read more...] about Today is the Day! New House, New Site, Cadillac!

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On Distance: Paul Robeson and the Rolling River of Resistance

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A New Year’s Revolution

Go Do Some Great Thing, Lawrence Hill

Go Do Some Great Thing

Dr. Pauli Murray, "I intend to destroy segregation by positive and embracing methods. When my brothers try to draw a circle to exclude me, I shall draw a larger circle to include them." An American Credo

Draw a Larger Circle

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#FellowMakers History & the Triangle Factory Fire

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70 Ways to Build Community

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Care/Carry/Cure an essay from ‘You Care Too Much’

In June of 2016 I supported my love Chris as we dealt with the death of both his parents and a co-worker over a three week period. This essay written the summer of those deaths is my attempt to make sense of grief and the struggle to carry all that I care for. Originally published […]

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