Finally I can share this
I’ve been excited for months to share Anjali Nath Upadhyay with you. Her podcast, Feral Visions, has been enlightening and inspiring me with so many ideas. Here’s just a tiny excerpt of an interview she did with D’Juan Owens of #nowhitesaviors: “As Toni Morrison says, “If you can’t imagine it, you can’t have it.” We […]
This quote gives me goosebumps
Over the couple months I’ve been thinking of this quote by Greisa Martinez Rosas, executive director of United We Dream. Greisa says, “Follow black women’s leadership, with the boundless love of community, and the discipline of hope. We are the embodiment of our ancestors. We do not buy the lie that we are powerless. We […]
Why People Stormed the Senate
Here’s why people stormed the senate yesterday. This is class war, what does that mean? For me, hearing that the guards in the senate/house did nothing means that there is a level of fellow feeling between the protestors and the people who work as police or security guards in these buildings. That means that […]
Part of the problem is the way we respond to the problem
You work at a nonprofit right? Let me ask you a few questions. Why do you feel like you have to change the world? Why is the world resting on your shoulders? Who made you in charge of the world’s problems? Because in nonprofits, this is how we are set up. Because of white supremacy, […]
Did you look away?
i finally got my partner to watch King Arthur Legend of the Sword with me. They scoffed, saying “EH it looks bad” but then they said, “Wow I don’t know if this is the best thing ever or the most ridiculous thing ever” and honestly why can’t it be both? but the reason I tell […]
If you think we’re outgrowing our sector…
Time for some hard truths: 40% of nonprofits could cease to exist in the next year. YIKES! What this means: We are outgrowing the form we inhabit. Old systems will crumble as a new order arises. When we flip the script, we see the new world growing within the ashes of the old, and it […]