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Rebuilding requires slowing down
“Institutions are not forever nor are organizations reliable in the way professionals have been prepared to believe.”
What chaos asks of us
Steps we take at this time may not be “strategic” but they may be what helps change…everything.
Let us be guardians
How do we make sufficient space for other possibilities to emerge? An invitation to “The Pause”, a 15-minute daily practice beginning March 28th.
The price of rushing
For example, “…we spend our energy searching for ‘what works,’ rather than exploring what’s possible and feasible.”
What rest requires of us
Rest is a political choice for me because its cumulative impact is that there’s no room or space or energy for anything to change. [Urgency] depletes what I need to dream, to perceive more possibilities.
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…”
How to relate (Part I)
“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
To be real
“I have far too little tolerance for the performance of high-minded, intellectualized ‘goodness’ lately.”
Loving the questions III
Even more reflections from teaching “Storytelling and Communicating for Change” in the University of Vermont Masters of Leadership for Sustainability program.
It’s about time
How does commodified, scarcity-driven ideas of time inhibit our ability to learn and respond to a changing world?
6 ways to create more ethical fundraising stories
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
What poems and do-gooders have in common
Poems and do-gooders might share more than you think.
(Plus a small collection of poems in honor of National Poetry Month in the U.S.)