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ISI Fellows January Symposium 2024 Authors: Dr. Kathleen Curran & Dr. Randall Joy Thompson The COVID-19 pandemic was cataclysmic. Fear, confusion, chaos, and the sad reality of death permeated people’s consciousness everywhere.  Unprepared and sometimes in denial, our heroic leaders floundered. They were not prepared, lacked the necessary resources, and left many needs unfulfilled.  A leadership void appeared. We, Kathleen Curran and Randal Joy Thompson, both Fielding University HOD PhD Graduates and Institute for Social Innovation (ISI) Fellows, noticed something remarkable happening in response to this leadership void.  Self-organized groups around the world spontaneously appeared to meet unmet needs at [...]