Bicentennial Baby
It is common for people to have pride in their nations and hometowns, but what stories does that loyalty hide?
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Longing for stability
“We try to do many things to create security, consistency, and reliability in our lives. And despite our best efforts, none of it is guaranteed.”
Just…try
“…the truth is that there is no escape…because the social good sector is merely a reflection and expression of the society it seeks to shift”
My people
Decolonization is recognizing, interrogating, and challenging the forces/impact of domination, oppression, and external control in our lives (bodies, families, organizations, institutions, systems) that remain today.
Encouragement
The encouragers matter so much right now because they are inviting us to see the bigger picture, to believe in ourselves, to take the risk…to become unstuck.
Advice is not care
Is the social good sector a formalized advice delivery system for people who are marginalized, and donor funding the compliance enforcer?
Ease, Flow, Pace
“We are in a time of collective upheaval, grief, and crisis. Yet, in the social good sector, we keep requiring ourselves and our colleagues to go at an unsustainable pace. And it’s hurting us…”
Honoring traditions
“Let us honor our teachers and those who shaped our practices by bringing specifics – their names, their places, their lineages – into all our sharing of these practices.”
Ancient Technologies
“This is the world I know I want to be a part of – one where we can all experiment, where we can stop performing, where we can belong, where we can relax, celebrate, and grieve and be confused…together.”
To show up
To be part of offering and receiving the care of sisterhood is available to everyone…and may be the key to our shared survival.
Back home
“COVID-19 and the climate crisis are asking me to move towards everything that home offers.”
Saying the hard thing
It’s time to get serious about moving more money in more disbursed ways than ever before. And to do so, this may be what’s most needed.