--- title: The Latest | Mark Holmgren (4) description: Mark Holmgren | (4) --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. Get the latest updates about community change and building vibrant communities. 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One of the workshops I wanted to do was on engagement of marginalized populations, in particular those living in poverty. My exploration of this topic led me to some provocative writing by [Vu Le](http://nonprofitwithballs.com/about/), who is a writer, speaker, and executive director of [Rainier Valley Corps](https://rainiervalleycorps.org/), a capacity building organization with a focus on leveling the playing field for people of colour as well as small, grass roots organizations. I was particularly drawn to a piece he wrote on his blog about “Trickle-Down Community Engagement,” and his writing became the catalyst for one of the workshops I am doing, aptly called “Avoiding Trickle-Down Community Engagement of the Marginalized.” [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/trickle-down-community-engagement?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Tamarack_New_Website/Latest_/Social_Movement_Lab.gif) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/an-exploratory-sidetrack-while-researching-social-movements?hsLang=en-us) ### [An Exploratory Sidetrack While Researching Social Movements](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/an-exploratory-sidetrack-while-researching-social-movements?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Mark Holmgren](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/mark-holmgren) on January 24, 2016 I love what I do. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/an-exploratory-sidetrack-while-researching-social-movements?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Tamarack_New_Website/Latest_/Charity.png) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/why-speak-ill-of-charity?hsLang=en-us) ### [Why Speak Ill of Charity?](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/why-speak-ill-of-charity?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Mark Holmgren](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/mark-holmgren) on December 5, 2015 It’s sad. There are too many people who speak ill of charities. Some make sweeping accusations or conclusions without any real evidence or understanding. Some prefer to focus on the mistakes charities make (and of course they make some) rather than the good they deliver. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/why-speak-ill-of-charity?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://attackthesystem.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/boiling-frog.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/whats-wrong-people-are-suffering?hsLang=en-us) ### [Whats Wrong? People are suffering](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/whats-wrong-people-are-suffering?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Mark Holmgren](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/mark-holmgren) on August 28, 2015 I never understood “don’t shoot the messenger” as the stereotypical retort the messenger must use to defend her delivery of a message. Maybe we need a new cultural utterance like “You know how the messenger shoots those who don’t listen.” [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/whats-wrong-people-are-suffering?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://markholmgren.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/beggars.png?w=480&h=342&crop=1) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/the-charity-slam-enough-already?hsLang=en-us) ### [The Charity Slam: Enough Already](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/the-charity-slam-enough-already?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Mark Holmgren](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/mark-holmgren) on February 4, 2015 It’s been going on for quite some time to be honest. Often it’s just subtle derision producing comments like “charities need to be more business-like” or “My goodness, how many charities do we really need?” Other times the charity slam manifests as a rant against “poverty pimps” or a rail against artists who create things “that my five year old could make.” [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/the-charity-slam-enough-already?hsLang=en-us) [![](http://grcity.us/city-manager/PublishingImages/7838_lean_thinking.gif) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/non-profits-and-lean-thinking?hsLang=en-us) ### [Non-Profits and Lean Thinking](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/non-profits-and-lean-thinking?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Mark Holmgren](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/mark-holmgren) on October 24, 2014 *Preface: Collective Impact calls for transformational practice among our organizations. Models and theories and innovative ideas are critical to the work, but we also need to change how we operate and find ways to maximize our collective capacity to work better, smarter, and with a sense of urgency. This is one attempt to talk about that.* [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/non-profits-and-lean-thinking?hsLang=en-us) [Previous](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/mark-holmgren/page/3) [Next](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/mark-holmgren/page/5) [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=3401&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) ### Tamarack [Home](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) [Latest](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest) [Events](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/eventlisting?hsLang=en-us) [Donate](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/donate?hsLang=en-us) [About](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/whoweare?hsLang=en-us) ### Follow Us [** ** ](https://www.facebook.com/TamarackInstitute) [** ** ](https://twitter.com/Tamarack_Inst) [** ** ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tamarack-institute-for-community-engagement)   In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth we honour and acknowledge that our work occurs across Turtle Island (North America), which has been home since time immemorial to the ancestors of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples. ### Subscribe Be in the know. 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