He participated in a program of self-designed study, focusing on writing, publishing, social and ecological issues, and non-profit organizational management.
In 2003-2004 Chase received the Ella Baker Fellowship to support and promote dialog between leaders in the business, academic, and non-profit arenas in the interest of positive social change.
Chase has taught courses in Organizing Social Movements and Campaigns; Corporate Power, Globalization, and Democracy; Organizational Leadership in the Nonprofit World; and Environmental Justice in the Mississippi Delta.
He has previously served on the editorial boards of Orion magazine, Terra Nova, South End Press, and More Than Money Journal.
He worked for the Green Party from 1984 to 1986, helped co-found Men Against Rape and Sexism (MARS) in 1980, and was a shop steward for the International Typographical Union, Local 9, in 1984.