Yoo-Jin Kang’s reflection on leaving behind a legacy of care as a future ancestor is part of Network Weaver’s BIPOC Editorial series. Learn more about the series and our submissions…
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The Wisdom of Cicadas
In their beautiful piece, “The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era,” authors and long-time organizers Neha Mahajan and Felicia Griffin name the current context that so many…
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White Dominant Culture in Every Seat: Navigating Complicity and Liberation
Impostrix Podcast affirms the lived experiences of professionals of color who navigate imposter syndrome/treatment, and racial toxicity in their careers. Through personal anecdotes, historical facts, and scientific data, Civil Rights…
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Equity May Not Be So Deep, Even If It Isn’t Easy: 10 Things You Can Actually Do Sooner Than Later
I’m wrapping up some work with a network focused on just and sustainable food systems, and based on work we have done and conversation we have had to date on…
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Changing the Conversation Around Reproductive Justice
“Reproductive justice” was first coined in 1994 by the Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice and defined in 1997 by Sister Song (a formal outgrowth of that group) as “the human…
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Five Calls-to Action from the 2022 Facing Race Conference
What happens when thousands of racial justice leaders and practitioners come together after a pandemic? So much power and knowledge-sharing – and plenty of dancing and hugs, and even a…
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Creative Freedom for True Equity
Equity is often discussed, but rarely understood in a context that speaks to the core challenges of people who are under-represented in race, religion, gender, socio economic status or who…
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Network Weaving for Equitable Wellbeing
The following post was written for those who will be attending the Full Frame Initiative’s (FFI) Wellbeing Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina December 11-14. The Interaction Institute for Social Change has been…
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A Future for All of Us
AN EXCERPT FROM RACE FORWARD’S REPORT ON PHASE 1 OF THE BUTTERFLY LAB FOR IMMIGRANT NARRATIVE STRATEGY IN 2018, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S attacks on migrants, immigrants,…
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Getting to the Goods (and Beyond “Folded Arms” Syndrome) in Impact Networks
“Your generosity is more important than your perfection.”Seth GodinOver the past 20 years of working with a variety of social change networks, I have observed a common dynamic surface after…
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