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Why ending racism should be the deepest desire of every white person
I was nervous to do this interview about ending racism. So worried that I would say the wrong thing. Then, I remembered the words of my friend Kishshana Palmer, who said, I mess up all the time! Just do the work! And how perfectionism is an aspect of white supremacy.
Acing Your Nonprofit Fundraising Interview
Are you looking to level up your philanthropy/fundraising interview skills? READ ON. If you become a different person under stress- maybe you freeze- maybe you fawn- maybe you disassociate, you are not alone! And this can be affecting how you interview. Over the last 3 years of the pandemic, we
The Great Resignation: What we know now
Are you seeing increased turnover at your org, and other people being asked to pick up the slack with no increase in pay? Do you wish you could work remote forever? Are you tired of people pretending that COVID is over when it really isn’t? Well, neither is the Great
4 ways to stop being nice inside our nonprofits
What is wrong with being nice? Nice is keeping us stuck in toxic workplaces, when we don’t name our needs, in the name of being “nice.” Why do I say this? Look around! How many burnt out folks do you know? WHY are they so burnt out? Why do we
This is one way to connect with your board
Is your team having a hard time? Are you? Are you wondering why going through the day-to-day just seems to be hard these days? Maybe it’s ambiguous loss. Lately I’ve been reading about and talking about ambiguous loss. What is that? According to Psychology Today, “While we’re trying to find ways
What I learned from one year of staying home
How was 2022 radically different? I spent one year staying home. It was radically different for me. While people attended conferences all over the country in 2022, I stayed still. When my family invited me to a giant party for my grandparents 90th, I had to say no. When people asked
It’s ok if you don’t feel like working
If you don’t feel like working right now, you are not alone. This tiktok makes me hopeful that we'll end capitalism in our lifetime. pic.twitter.com/hlErP41m9Z — Black Midwife (@SassyE) January 28, 2023 This time of year in the northern hemisphere feels right to go inside, to feel, a dreaming time.
9 Best Books of 2022
I read a lot. These are my 9 best books of 2022. And I’ll also give you a list of my favorite podcast episodes of this year, and also the books I haven’t gotten around to reading yet, but which are next on my list! Books I’m glad I read
My mistakes of 2022
Let’s get ready for a big slice of humble pie. My mistakes of 2022 are… so face-palm. I’ll go first, shall I? FIRST MISTAKE! I forgot to do this post for the last 3 years! OMG! I was pretty good about doing my mistakes posts for nearly every year til
Anger is a gift
I went out with someone recently who said, “I’m not angry” and said it a couple times when talking about their family, and I thought, “Oh you are definitely angry” And when the subject came up again, they admitted they were angry, but they didn’t want to be angry, because
