The Grassroots Review
takes root
We are pleased to announce the birth
of The Grassroots Review.
This community storytelling site is geared toward fostering social change and sustainable lifestyles and has been born out of collaboration and a genuine desire for broad-based community prosperity.

The Grassroots Review will ‘replace’ peacefulcommunities.ca, although the violence prevention focus will still be contained within this new site, as is evident using the left-hand navigation bar. In addition to Peaceful Communities, Grassroots is also interested in Sustainable Lifestyles and Healthy Ecology.

This innovative project is made possible only through the funding and support of some key community partners, a partnership that we fully expect will continue to grow as more stakeholders come on board.

Partners have a strong interest in one or more of the sections under the Grassroots umbrella - Peaceful Communities, Sustainable Lifestyles or Healthy Ecology. They will help shape the editorial direction of The Grassroots Review by participating in regular meetings to help set content, goals and community campaigns that serve to effect social change.

As well, partners will frequently serve as interviewees, sharing their expertise with Axiom News journalists who will turn to them, and other experts, for their knowledge and perspective in key areas.

The news-gathering method for The Grassroots Review is somewhat different than your average mainstream news model. Axiom News journalists employ a strengths-based or asset-based approach to their stories. This means that rather than spend their time investigating something that is not working, they ask strategic questions that allow interviewees to focus on what is working.
The end result is stories that have ideas or solutions, not just information.

The common bond among partners is a genuine desire for healthy, prosperous communities, a willingness to take a pro-active approach to solutions and an eagerness to share ideas in a spirit of openness.

Look for opportunities to get involved. Share your thoughts on community issues important to you. For now, our posting schedule is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. When more partners come on board, creating more demand for community solutions and dialogue, we will be forced to go daily.

Quite frankly, we can’t wait.

-- Axiom News
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