How did you get so good at dreaming?

The other night my partner and I were talking. He said how did you get so good at dreaming? And I realized… That when I was a kid, I was scapegoated and trapped. But I could dream. So I dreamed as hard as I could.  How do you know if you were scapegoated? I listened […]

It’s actually quite simple.

Dia de los muertos felt coaster with firey eyes

Are you saddened, sickened, and enraged by the ongoing genocide? Me too. Some days I feel like I can’t even process the ongoing sense of despair and hopelessness that comes from watching a genocide in real time. I donate and do what I can but it doesn’t feel like enough.   Are you on board […]

This week, I realized something huge

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What if… my career choice of fundraising was in fact a trauma response? What if… what if… I was nurtured to become a fundraiser?  I am the eldest daughter, when I was little I was parentified, encouraged to solve everyone’s problems, have no boundaries, be a doormat, take care of others, think of myself last, […]

This is what we talk about when the cameras are off.

  WHOA ok so did you hear what happened this week? Check out this twitter thread. Let’s just get one thing straight. I am a racist and misogynist jerk sometimes. But here’s the difference between me and TA. I know it. This whole mess is… ​emblematic of our nonprofit world. And it’s also our larger […]

This little fact is going to help you fundraise better.

 This little fact is going to help you fundraise better. Let me get straight to the point. White folks are the minority in the world. And quickly becoming the minority in the US and Canada.    That means if you want to continue your good work, it’s important to look at how to get new […]