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talking to statues
what do you do when you get to the party and everyone's staring at you and also they want to take away people's rights?
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start the future
tuning my message, pt. 2
dropping the new brand
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transitional leaders and me
on choosing new skills carefully
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the future of food banks
and the people who serve themselves first
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let’s build a cooperative, step 5: conduct a feasibility study
how many meetings does it take to be an owner?
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gathering at a conference
Only a few major decisions separate a boring conference from a spectacular one. When done well, a conference can feel like a real gathering of minds or a once-in-a-lifetime event. Gone a different way, conferences can be boring, unpleasant, a waste of time and money, even sad. The conferences I’
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flinch or fight
I drove to the gym this morning. I turned left onto the main road, taking the turn with cars behind me. A woman nearby was finishing her walk up a steep hill. She was looking down as she walked but raised her gaze to mine as I approached. I steered
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grafted ways of being
How do I perceive the world? My frame of reference is by default a colonial one. I often think and speak in English, which is a language not native to the land I live on. My parents and most of my family members are not white. We belong to many
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if only they knew
At the end of June, the Supreme Court ruled on the case known as Johnson v. Grants Pass. Jason Pohl at Berkeley News and many others know it as “the decision that criminalized being homeless.” The city of Grants Pass, Oregon passed an ordinance in 2018 that made it illegal
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constructive arguing amid crisis
This is a weird time to be alive. A while back I learned about an approach to conflict called arguing constructively. Author Liam Rosen compares this strategy to the destructive form of arguing we find all over. What is constructive arguing? Rosen says that arguments should be an opportunity to
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the overthinking queen
Happy Pride month! Note: this post contains spoilers for the 16th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The season finale aired in April 2024, but it might still be new to you. This is a spoiler warning if that matters to you! RuPaul’s Drag Race, an american reality show,
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things to read: june
No new post this week while I head home from my vacation! Instead, here are a few articles from the past few weeks that I liked. I Figured I Would Never Find Another: On Being a Queer Asian American Buddhist by E. Alex Jung It’s pride month! I haven’
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