things to read: november
Hi folks, I’m taking the week off! No new essay this week. Instead, here are a few things I read recently that I enjoyed a lot. The Unspoken Complexity of …
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Hi folks, I’m taking the week off! No new essay this week. Instead, here are a few things I read recently that I enjoyed a lot. The Unspoken Complexity of …
I’ve been thinking about how trust functions in society. Working with community as a nonprofit is often an exercise in trust. Some of the organizations I see around me operate …
It’s only been 10 days since perhaps the last presidential election of my life. Kidding! Oof, it’s been a rough one. Lots of people are still reeling from last week’s …
I’m writing this in the days after the election, processing it with more dismay than shock. The outcome felt inevitable for months but I held a small hope that voters …
I drew knowledge from a lot of folks before I started my own business. These conversations helped me feel like this undertaking was possible at a time when I had …
This post is not about the election. Organizations, for- and nonprofit alike, are averse to risk. Humans have self-preservation on the brain and our organizations are extensions of ourselves. This …
People underestimate how much other people think like they do. As a person who creates things, one of the scariest questions I can ask someone is, “so… what did you …
About a month ago, a delivery driver contracted with Amazon shared a post to a drivers’ forum on Reddit. The driver titled the post, “Try to tell me when i …
Social service organizations, like nonprofits and foundations, love resiliency! In their world, resiliency means a person’s ability to bounce back after a crisis. A person might come to them during or after a time of need, like the loss of a job, a family…
I’m traveling this week and I spent most of my writing time on my public testimony against the discriminatory SOAP and SODA zones. These are unfortunately not spaces for bathing …