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You’re invited: Healing Solidarity
Wondering how to do things differently? Do you care deeply about inequity and injustice in the world? But have questions about the way the development sector currently works? From 17-21 September,...
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The thing about solidarity is…
The thing about #HealingSolidarity they might not have told you is… …there will be darkness. We will encounter the worst of humanity, and more importantly, its aftermath and its expression in our work...
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4 ways toxic workplaces are harming the nonprofit sector
This post originally appeared on MINDFULNEXT. “How toxic is your work environment?” Between a quiz in the New York Times or the many(!) articles found on the subject in Fast Company, Forbes, Monster or...
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Taking time off? Here’s how to switch off
The first thing I do as I prepare to go for leave is to…panic. ‘Oh my, how will I ever get it all done?’ ‘What will happen if this or that doesn’t get follow-up while I’m away?’ Isn’t it time to fill...
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The invitation: This is what it feels like (Part II)
For us white and privileged folks: Let’s say you’re asked to speak on a panel, at a conference in our social good sector. It’s going to be a great professional opportunity for you, completely aligned...
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Where we get crazy effective
Now is the time to talk about what healing could look like in our sector, what’s our role in it, and what can we reimagine and redefine. That is why I was happy to take part in the Healing Solidarity...
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Why I use the term “do-gooder” (and count myself as one)
Do-gooder. Twice over the last few months, incensed humanitarians have reached out to tell me how wrong I am for referring to people in this way, as if it were demeaning or disparaging, or that it...
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Time to get uncomfortable
I have been meeting with 10 people who are working in global development and philanthropy in Washington, D.C. over the last 3 months. The name of our group is “The Uncomfortable Club,” and they are...
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What is your “right role”?
I dropped the coffee beans container on the floor this morning. They went everywhere. As I sat down on the floor to clean them up, I noticed just how dirty the floor was too. I thought, “I have an...
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To be real
I guffawed – unmuted – during a webinar last year. Honestly, it was more like a mocking cackle. It was not a good look. But what was being said/suggested just hit me at that moment as...
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