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People acting together with common purpose, if organized and equipped with the right tools, are the single most powerful force for change.

Rhize is building a global community driving people-powered democracy around the world. Join Us.

Why Rhize


We live in a world where money speaks loudest, mass uprisings are thwarted and democracy is being weakened. People acting together with common purpose, if organized and equipped with the right tools, are the single most powerful force for good. No dictator, oligarch or corrupt corporation is a match for people-powered movements.

We believe that the changemakers or “catalysts” needed to turn the tides are already out there, in every village and every country, growing in numbers. But they need us, people who believe in truly democratic solutions, to come together with them to create the most powerful network for change on earth.

Rhize is connecting the catalysts that are building focused movements for equality and democracy, with robust global support. Rhize enables us—the technologists, policy makers, designers, concerned citizens—who believe in truly democratic solutions, to connect our capabilities and ingenuity to join these movements around the world to create sustained impact.

Rhize's global network will enable changemakers with the technology, strategy and support to build lasting movements for people-powered democracy.


What We Do


Identifying Catalysts


Rhize identifies individuals who are using people-power to solve problems and fight injustice in their communities. From an LGBT advocate in Uganda to a disability rights activist in India to an organizer in Lebanon catalyzing transparent government by building city-wide movements—these are the catalysts that are challenging democratic norms and building the change movements of the future.

Building a global network of allies—YOU


Rhize is mobilizing a digitally connected global community of Allies—individuals from all walks of life, who are joining the fight to reclaim democracy by, for and of the people. Allies are joining the global fight to catalyze people-power by amplifying and supporting local movements, using their voices, energy, talents.

Providing tactical Support


Rhize supports Catalysts through training, resources and tools, campaign strategy development, and by forming connections to fellow Catalysts around the world. Rhize leverages its global network to maximize impact on a local and regional level.


Team

Erin Mazursky, Founder & Executive Director

Over a decade of experience building and supporting movements globally; former strategy, Purpose; Youth Advisor, USAID; Obama ‘08 organizer; youth movement consultant; co-founder & Executive Director, STAND

Heidi Jaafar, Director of Operations & Finance

Operations at DevSeed; entrepreneur; former National Democratic Institute, Middle East

Marilia Bezerra, Board of Directors

Founder & CEO, Aldeia Works, former Clinton Global Initiative executive team

William J. Dobson, Board of Directors

Editor of Politics & Foreign Affairs at Slate; author, The Dictator's Learning Curve

Dr. Joshua Walker, Board of Directors

Director of Global Programs, APCO Worldwide; Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund

Dar Vanderbeck, Board of Directors

Co-Founder, Imperative; community organizer; former Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID

Ann-Sofie Jesperson, Advisory Board

Cairo-based; former ActionAid; decade-long student & teacher of activism

Carina Molnar, Advisory Board

Systems strategist and project manager at Purpose, co-Founder of City Atlas

Hayley Conway, Advisory Board

Senior Campaign Manager, All Out; rights activist & communications master



When did this spin-off get started? Why wasn't this just another sub forum? I don't want to leave this site.

i'm scared

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holy shit how can i sign up for that C. I. A. money, i wanna Catalize my bank acount and and Make Some Change
#3
one should be more offended that the article did not list Dr Joshua Walker's fellowship as Trans*atlantic
#4
i want to practice transcendental naked yoga so i can lick my own butthole
#5
like putting my finger in then licking it doesnt quite Satisfy no more na mean
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littlegreenpills posted:

like putting my finger in then licking it doesnt quite Satisfy no more na mean

does it taste like pig sh*d

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mods, change my name to Dar Vanderbeck. its time 2 come clean
#8
another soft-power liberal imperialist NGO circlejerk w/ some tech fetishism thrown in.
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HenryKrinkle posted:

another soft-power liberal imperialist NGO circlejerk w/ some tech fetishism thrown in.



That's it, mustang19 finally crossed the line.

#10
i live by berkeley and oakland and this is where the irony meets reality
#11
the newspaper of the kke is called rhizospastis which is tr... excuse me cool.
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Rhize fwom ur gwave
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he has rhizen
#14
A'Rhize ye prisoners of posting
A'Rhize ye wretched from your rooms
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apparently the humble z is the key to a successful company
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28207944
#16
egregiously missed opportunity for "ye shirkers from your slumber"
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Arise, ye shirkers from your slumber
Arise, entitled of the earth
For freedom's measured with a number:
That's your sum financial worth!
Help yourself, grow up and be a striver
It's 6am, arise, arise!
Get on your bike, don't be a skiver
8 bucks an hour, that's the prize!

Applicants, please come early
Form a line and take your place
The Walmart-Yum Brands family
Will be the human race
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this thing is a barrel of laughs. I asked myself where the bullshit would start on this piece and it didn't take very long.

RHIZE posted:

We live in a world where money speaks loudest, mass uprisings are thwarted and democracy is being weakened.


Okay, so that is true. But where do the lies begin?

RHIZE posted:

People acting together with common purpose, if organized and equipped with the right tools, are the single most powerful force for good. No dictator, oligarch or corrupt corporation is a match for people-powered movements.


Hahaha okay so the lies have begun. Let us note that organized people with 'the right tools' are always good and always win. Okay...

RHIZE posted:

We believe that the changemakers or “catalysts” needed to turn the tides are already out there, in every village and every country, growing in numbers. But they need us, people who believe in truly democratic solutions, to come together with them to create the most powerful network for change on earth.


So the people, but only the people that believe in truly democratic solutions, need us, because we can change anything. With us and them we can form the most powerful network for change, of course good change, on earth, because they believe in 'truly' democratic solutions instead of partial democratic or fail aids based solutions or Des Moine, Iowa based solutions. Okay...

RHIZE posted:

Rhize is connecting the catalysts that are building focused movements for equality and democracy, with robust global support. Rhize enables us—the technologists, policy makers, designers, concerned citizens—who believe in truly democratic solutions, to connect our capabilities and ingenuity to join these movements around the world to create sustained impact.


I really like the first sentence, if it was just shortened up a bit:"Rhize enables us—the policy makers--to connect our capabilities and ingenuity to join these movements around the world." Much more fitting second time around.

RHIZE posted:

Rhize's global network will enable changemakers with the technology, strategy and support to build lasting movements for people-powered democracy.



so rhize's global network is to be used to supply 'changemakers' (people actually in positions of power) with technology, strategy and support to build movements friendly to them, with people-powered democracy (ie normal people volunteering their time) fuelling the engines of freedom. Neat.

Imma rewrite this to make it more clear for everyone, here we go:

="RhizzerNWOwolfpakScottSteiner"]
We live in a world where money speaks loudest, mass uprisings are thwarted and democracy is being weakened. People acting together with common purpose, even if organized and equipped with the right tools, haven't changed shit. No dictator, oligarch or corrupt corporation needs to worry about a people-based movement.

We believe that the changemakers or “catalysts” needed to turn the tides are already gone, out of every village and every country, ever dwindling in numbers. But we need them, people who can repeat the lie, to come together with them to create Satan's throne on earth.

Rhize is connecting the catalysts that are building focused movements for command and control, with robust global support. Rhize enables us—the policy makers— to fool citizens who believe in truly democratic solutions, to connect our capabilities and ingenuity to join these movements around the world to create sustained impact wherever we see fit.

Rhize's global network will enable changemakers with the technology, strategy and support to build lasting movements for whatever the fuck they deem appropriate.


Who is your Rhizdaddy and What does He Do

Rhize identifies individuals who are using people-power to solve problems and fight injustice in their communities and buys them off. From an LGBT advocate in Uganda to a disability rights activist in India to an organizer in Lebanon catalyzing transparent government by building city-wide movements—these are the people that will either trumpet insular Liberal issues or end up dead in the streets.

Touch My Dick - I said Touch My Dick

Rhize is mobilizing a digitally connected global community of Allies—individuals from all walks of life, and most of whom will be used as props in a scene set by the aforementioned policy makers. Allies are joining the global fight to retard people-power by amplifying and supporting meaningless movements, using their voices, energy, talents despite the obvious irony.

Providing tacticlol Support


Rhize supports Catalysts through training, resources and tools, campaign strategy development, and by forming connections to fellow agents provacateur around the world. Rhize leverages its global network to maximize impact on a local and regional level, regardless of the long-term effects and their implications.


Team

Erin Mazursky, Founder & Executive Director

Over a decade of experience building and supporting movements globally; former strategy, Purpose; Youth Advisor, USAID; Obama ‘08 organizer; youth movement consultant; co-founder & Executive Director, STAND, CIA

Heidi Jaafar, Director of Operations & Finance,

Operations at DevSeed; entrepreneur; former National Democratic Institute, Middle East, CIA

Marilia Bezerra, Board of Directors

Founder & CEO, Aldeia Works, former Clinton Global Initiative executive team, CIA

William J. Dobson, Board of Directors

Editor of Politics & Foreign Affairs at Slate; author, The Dictator's Learning Curve, CIA

Dr. Joshua Walker, Board of Directors

Director of Global Programs, APCO Worldwide; Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, CIA

Dar Vanderbeck, Board of Directors

Co-Founder, Imperative; community organizer; former Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID, CIA

Ann-Sofie Jesperson, Advisory Board

Cairo-based; former ActionAid; decade-long student & teacher of activism, CIA

Carina Molnar, Advisory Board

Systems strategist and project manager at Purpose, co-Founder of City Atlas, CIA

Hayley Conway, Advisory Board

Senior Campaign Manager, All Out; rights activist & communications master, CIA

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Im a concerned citizen and i support PPTD (People-Powered True Democracy™)
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*shifts eyes to left*
*shifts eyes to right*
hey guys... what do you say we join this thing, to bring it down... y'know... from the inside