âAbbie Hoffman on the Yippies and the 1968 Democratic Convention. Officially founded by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin in January 1968, the Youth International Party, or Yippies, were a countercultural group that briefly gained fame as a part of American activism.
Stretch assignments are experiences that challenge and potentially broaden a personâs current capabilities; e.g., assignments that require someone to manage and negotiate change, exert influence over others, and build coalitions.
Generally contracts are only binding on the parties that sign them. Even when they are assigned from one party to the contract to a new party, the assignment is a contract between the assignor and the assignee and doesn't require the other party to the assigned contract to go along with the assignment.