“Ask the Expert”: Equity Edition with QuickBooks Canada
The foundations of infusing equity into organizational culture apply at every level. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Businesses Large and Small Y’all, last week, I got to sit down and answer some important questions as part of QuickBooks Canada’s “Ask the Expert”...
A Love That Shatters Myths
It’s been an especially difficult and exhausting couple of weeks. The other day a friend of mine shared that she’d been asked the question, “what are the conditions you need in order to thrive.” I’ve reflected on that for myself and in terms of our movements and...
When White Apathy Sets In
This summer when my colleagues and I ran our Whiteness at Work program we talked about how every racial “awakening” or “reckoning” is followed by white apathy and blowback. Think Trump after Obama. An example I’ve seen lately is how colleagues who reached out to Black...
Sense of Urgency Keeps Us Disconnected
Sense of urgency keeps us disconnected One of the tools of white supremacy is busy-ness. This sense of urgency makes it so we do not connect on a deeper level. It allows no time for discernment, reflection or real repair. We’re busy all the time We’re busy holding...
Equity and Empathy in Times of Crisis
We are all at risk of this highly contagious virus, but for some individuals and communities, the impact will be more severe in terms of health and economic consequences.Racism and xenophobia have been ever-present during this crisis. Like the way we have treated our...
Expanding, Imagining, and Gathering Together
We need each other.You might have heard me say, “love each other and mean it.” In light of what’s happening in the world today I mean it more than ever.How we choose to show up with community during this time depends on us. Social distancing does not mean we stop...
Will Your Community Show Up? Yes It Will…
In the end, it is the reality of personal relationship that saves everything. —Thomas Merton When you are an activist, artist or creative it can be well....lonely. Challenging the boundaries of the ordinary is scary work and many times it is path that you...
Revitalization
REVITALIZATION Exceptional boards energize themselves through planned turnover, thoughtful recruitment, andinclusiveness. They see the correlation between mission, strategy, and board composition, and they understand the importance of fresh perspectives and the risks...
The praxis of liberation
Art by Ernesto Yerena via Amplifier Art Defy Defend Demand Declare Divest Dream These are steps that I have been cultivating in my life for getting free. I have been working on this framework for a bit and decided to start sharing it earlier this year....