Table of Contents
Another Way Forward: Table of Contents
Preface—
Real Change Comes From the Bottom Up .......................................... vii
Part One—
Another Way Forward: Solutions from the Grassroots .......................... 1
Chapter 1 Introduction………………………………………..……3
Chapter 2 Project Echo: Disrupting the Medical System
System to Restore Hope to Rural Patients
and Joy to Burned-out Practitioners......................... 11
Chapter 3 Planting the Seeds for Community Health
and Viable Local Food Systems................................. 21
Chapter 4 Preserving Traditional Communities:
How Neighborhood Hell-Raisers Became
Innovative Housing Developers................................ 43
Part Two---
Reinventing Health Care in New Mexico .............................................. 59
Chapter 5 Reaching Beyond the Clinic Walls: First Choice Community Healthcare…63
Chapter 6 Using Tradition to Build a Healthy Community in Jemez Pueblo…75
Chapter 7 A Model for Rural Health Care Takes Root in Old Mining District…85
Part Three—
Reshuffling the Deck: A New Kind of Healthcare
Workforce for New Mexico ..................................................................... 95
Chapter 8 Community Health Workers: Solving Patients’ Problems, Developing New
Career Pathways ........................................................ 99
Chapter 9 Community Paramedics in Santa Fe
Look Beyond 911 Calls............................................ 107
Chapter 10 Growing Your Own in Southwestern
New Mexico: Mandolin Player Has Cultivated
Crop of Doctors, Health Professionals .................. 115
Part Four—
Connecting New Mexico’s Youth With Our
Prime Asset: The Great Outdoors......................................................... 123
Chapter 11 Wild Friends: Unique Civics Program
Helps Students Find Their Voice
While Standing up for Wildlife ................................ 125
Chapter 12 Cliff Crawford’s Cottonwood Seedlings:
The Bosque Ecosystem
Monitoring Program (BEMP) ................................ 133
Chapter 13 Rocky Mountain Youth Corps,
Youth Conservation Programs Inspire
Motley Crews to Give Back and Build the Foundation for Healthy Communities................... 143
Part Five—
Growing the Middle Class—One Family at a Time ........................... 155
Chapter 14 Prosperity Works’ Approach to
Poverty Addresses Root Causes ............................. 157
Chapter 15 Southwest Creations Collaborative Combines Business and Social Mission in a Small Albuquerque Factory ............................................... 167
Part Six---
Chapter 16 Grassroots Efforts Get New Mexico Kids into College—
Against the Odds..................................................................................... 177
Chapter 16 Closing the College Gap: Getting Low-Income
Kids Into College One Student at a Time .............. 179
Part 7 Creative Enterprise Unleashes a New Kind of Economic Animal....191
Chapter17 Meow Wolf: Together We Can Build Spectacular Worlds.....193
Conclusion Social Entrepreneurs, Change Makers at the Grassroots Level Have Left A Map to a New Kind of Society...203
Acknowledgments....203
Endnotes..... 221
Index....231