Damian Tapia

Santa Barbara, DE

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Damian signed the petition | almost 2 years ago

Don't Let Texas Rewrite History
Damian signed the petition | almost 2 years ago

Pass Legislation to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics
Damian signed the petition | almost 2 years ago

Tell Congress to Finish the Job on Health Care Reform
Damian signed the petition | about 2 years ago

Urgent: Public Comments Needed for Prop 8 Court Case
Damian commented on the article | over 2 years ago

The Government and Social Entrepreneurship: What Works?

I can't get out of my head how amazing it would be if this office could coordinate or infuse (into SBA infrastructure) Social Business Incubators. Hell, Maybe we should just "scale" The Hub.
Damian commented on the article | over 2 years ago

Americorps, Alumni, and Action Communities

How amazing it would be if Americorps was recognized and developed as a practical experienced based certification for social innovation/enterprise etc... Directly connected to the biggest single consumer of social innovation products, the Gov't. An existing aligned, relevant, pool of providers...now made more open source? Sounds like a dream.
Damian commented on the article | over 2 years ago

Is It Too Hard to Break Into the Social Entrepreneurship Field?

Speaking of fetishization...what's up with this entrepreneur fetish? I'm not saying, in anyway that entreprepreneurs bush wackers...whatever, aren't needed and shouldn't be praised (even glorified and put up on a little pedastel as an exemplar...at least temporarily) but seriously, the point is sort of it's an elite, or at least, exclusive breed. I'll admit, I like to think big...when I think of "social enterprise" I see a viable alternative to rampant consumerism and exploitative economics. What would be much more interesting to me is to have this field (SE) develop social collaborators! To me it's not so much about being innovative as meaningful. Yes we are implementing historically(not so much) innovative practices and organizational systems, but let's think of how this could work as a ubiquitous network, not a meritocratic race to the top. The point is...we're not all cream; nor should we be...we'd all get to fat. To me; it seems, this is a field that is still forming it's foundations...we should be very concious about how sustainable they are. My wishlist is to have nurturing and cultivating organisational environments where pretty much anyone can live out their dream of the good life. Maybe my cynicism comes from too much experience with founders syndrome, a serious problem in social start-ups. Or maybe it truly is inspired by the vision of collaborative social design teams...just my two cents, for now.
Damian signed the petition | over 2 years ago

Encourage all Americans to Become Citizen Diplomats
Damian commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

Your Brand is an Invitation

Ah, loaded words and concepts...what about, "Mission Archetyping" would that be more appealing? Hehe.