Keep going in (Part IV)
“How do we help people understand: you don’t have to cling, you don’t have to dominate, you don’t have to hide, you don’t have to confine yourself.” PART IV of interview with Onyango Otieno
“How do we help people understand: you don’t have to cling, you don’t have to dominate, you don’t have to hide, you don’t have to confine yourself.” PART IV of interview with Onyango Otieno
“They made life a business. I didn’t want to stay in the market. I wanted to stay in a community.” PART III of interview with Onyango Otieno
“We deserve equal time…We deserve equal measure of resources – just because we are here.” PART II of interview with Onyango Otieno
“I really love it when people connect to each other. Because it encompasses the idea that we need one another to make life work. We need one another.” PART I of interview with Onyango Otieno
Listen or read my conversation with Kurien Thomas on his podcast, SeroTunein, a day after the attack on the U.S. capitol.
A poem about a reality not often discussed: the racial tensions of being part of global feminist movements and the international development space.
“…cultural humility [is about] accepting the invitation to engage in a lifelong commitment to self-evaluation and self-critique, while becoming a student of those I serve.” A guest post by Silvia Austerlic.
It’s not enough to simply share stories of “the poor” to raise money; we also need to care HOW we share their stories. A guest post by Melissa Pack
Or how to prevent people from saying,”Ooooh this stuff irritates the sh#% out of me,” about your publications and materials.
“Decolonising development is a complex process…It invites us to consider how we perpetuate colonial practices in our everyday work, and whether we do enough to challenge these methods of learning, working and doing.” A guest post by Grace Labeodan
“Working on and talking about decolonising development requires different ways of being and relating so we are able to find answers which respond to our context, our relationships, and the unfolding nature of the problem.” A guest post by Marion Osieyo
A guest post by Rosebell Kagumire on being a Black woman and working in a white male-dominated aid industry.
Sharing responses and reflections on a recent piece in Devex, “But Wait Until They See Your Black Face.”