ABSTRACT
Critical Yeast: Rather than critical mass, commonly believed to be the moment of shift when large enough numbers of people get behind an idea or movement, critical yeast does not focus on producing large numbers of people. Critical yeast asks the question in reference to social change: Who within a given setting, if brought together, would have the capacity to make things grow toward the desired end? The focus is not on the number but on the quality of people brought together, who represent unique linkages across a wide variety of sectors and locations within the conflicted setting.
