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Founded in May of 2013, Change-Magazine LLC is a student-led, online publication about grassroots activism; it reports from a local perspective about issues and actions in communities. The magazine has branches across nine college campuses: Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Georgetown, Penn, Princeton, UVA, and Wellesley. Change-Magazine is not affiliated with, and does not represent, the schools above.

(need link) Article II of the Change-Magazine Constitution dictates, "Change-Magazine provides a platform for college students across the country interested in politics and activism to interact, to learn, and to experiment... In addition, Change-Magazine serves academic and sociological purposes. The magazine reports on social issues paramount in different regions of the country."

Change-Magazine measures success by the quality and diversity of its articles, and the breadth, retention, and diversity of its readership nationally.

History
Change-Magazine was founded by a group of students at Harvard College in May of 2013. Since then, the magazine has expanded across nine college campus, covering issues that include gay rights, education reform, environmental protection, and others.

Organization
Change-Magazine is organized into three sections: Process Analysis explores the methodology by which organizations or individuals influence public opinion and action. Issue Awareness identifies problems in local communities. Profiles highlights the stories and narratives of local leaders and groups.

Structure
Change-Magazine is led by a Managing Board, an Operating Board, and local leadership on each campus. The magazine is structured as a Single-Member LLC.

Managing Board
(need link) The Managing Board serves three purposes: to coordinate a shared vision among affiliate schools, to allow Board Members to propose courses of action, and to approve proposed constitutional amendments. It consists of a President, two Managing Editors, and two Campus Co- Editors from each affiliate school.

The President is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the magazine including content development, financial sustainability and initiatives, and promoting a clear vision among the Campus Editors at affiliate schools. There is a Managing Board and an Operating Board. The President will chair both the Managing Board and the Operating Board.



The two Managing Editors are responsible for maintaining a clear focus for the magazine. They oversee content on the website, and reserve the right to remove any articles from publication that do not fit Change-Magazine’s call for a bottom-up, grassroots perspective on activist efforts. In addition, the Managing Editors work with the Campus Editors to brainstorm ways to increase traffic to the website and to generate articles.

The Campus Editors are responsible for soliciting, editing, and posting content online, for developing a staff, for overseeing financial developments, and for creating Masthead positions and practices as they see fit to in order to best develop the magazine on their respective campuses.

Operating Board
The Operating Board is composed of a Web Team, a Social Media Team, and a Finance Team. The Web Team maintains and improves the magazine’s website. The Social Media Team oversees and develops Change-Magazine’s Facebook page and Twitter account. The Finance Team manages Change-Magazine’s budget as well as the magazine's website advertisement space, external advertisement purchases, and fundraising efforts. In addition, the Finance Team oversees the magazine’s overall bank account.

Interest in the Magazine
(link) According to the Change-Magazine Campus Constitution at Brown, the magazine serves several functions on campus. Most notably, it "offers a platform for students to reflect on their involvement in the community, and to report observations, research, actions, and experiences from fieldwork. In a social setting, Brown Change-Magazine forms a community of activist-minded individuals through club dinners, parties, charity events, and volunteer efforts."

Online, Change-Magazine has a Facebook page and Twitter account.