This past week, I was in Vancouver with an amazing group of folks. Many were First Nations or mixed First Nations. We were all at a different place in our process for understanding how we have been colonized. With my co-leaders we compared the process of understanding oppression to the five stage grief. At first … Continue reading Honoring your Process
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A Thriving Justice Ecosystem
Management Assistance Group (MAG) envisions a world where the planet and all who inhabit it are treated with dignity and love and resources and power are shared in ways that enable everyone the opportunity to realize their potential and live life fully. ____________________________________________ I am working with an astounding group of individuals through the Network … Continue reading A Thriving Justice Ecosystem
Journalism and Oppression
https://youtu.be/FQbHlSJMDDw David Enders is the author of Baghdad Bulletin, an account of his reporting on the American occupation of Iraq. He has reported and produced from the Middle East, Europe and the US for outlets ranging from Al Jazeera English's People and Power to The Nation, The New York Times and The Virginia Quarterly Review. … Continue reading Journalism and Oppression
Accountability
Lott Hill is the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at University of the Pacific in California. He has taught classes in creative writing, cultural studies, journalism, service-learning, and collaborative portfolio development. His work in faculty development and student learning is underpinned by the principles and practices of social and restorative justice, civic … Continue reading Accountability
The Four R’s
As a Network Leadership Learning Lab fellow, we examine a number of connected ideas and explore systems change in relationship to one specific issue. In our learning we explore a number of different methodologies and look deep into how they are present in the work we do as well as in our personal lives. The … Continue reading The Four R’s
Honesty and Healing
Over the last week, I have had a number of conversations with friends and clients about a myriad of subjects. Yet, they all ladder back to honesty and how to be authentic. I have dissected the intent of Baldwin with a Bernie supporter, talked about the intersection of class and race with a C-suite mentor, … Continue reading Honesty and Healing
Levels of Racial Engagement
https://youtu.be/x-8yydBF45Q When I was adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Sandra Pacheco shared her work on Levels of Engagement. I learned about this analysis close to the same time that I was developing the first volume of curriculum for World Trust Educational Services. Levels of Engagement: Situating Discourse is a way to look … Continue reading Levels of Racial Engagement
Nonviolence and Honesty
Over the next six months, I am working with Ragged Wing Ensemble to create a performance called the Multiverse. As the process coach, I support the performers and director in recognizing the interpersonal dynamics that play out for many of us in mixed race spaces. The participants are an extremely diverse group of folx—race, gender, … Continue reading Nonviolence and Honesty
Capitalism and Fear
As an antiracism facilitator, artist and yoga teacher, I see many facets of a human being. I witness people's reflexive interaction with one another as well as their deepest held personal insecurities and fears. So often there is an overlap in the two, where fear exists, anger presents. We are given a gift, many times … Continue reading Capitalism and Fear
What would Gwendolyn Brooks Do?
On Tuesday night "The Wrong Way to Save Your Life," was released by Equity Collective's collaborator Megan Stielstra. It was awesome and fun and literary and groundbreaking. There were old fashions and tears and reunions of people that have been working together for decades. People that now fan across the country and globe. Megan was … Continue reading What would Gwendolyn Brooks Do?
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