Mia Birdsong
Author, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community; Founding Executive Director, Next River
Mia Birdsong is founding executive director of Next River: An Institute For Practicing the Future. Through Next River, futurist Birdsong is shifting conversations, culture, and resources to nourish the people, practices, and ideas that move us toward a liberated future. In her 2020 book, How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community, Birdsong maps swaths of community life and points us toward the promise of our collective vitality. In “More Than Enough,” her podcast miniseries from The Nation, she expands the guaranteed income movement by tapping into the voices and visions of low-income people. Birdsong is senior fellow of the Economic Security Project, a Future Good fellow of the Institute for the Future, and an inaugural Ascend fellow of the Aspen Institute.
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