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the future of food waste
centering people, not waste
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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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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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understanding critical liberation theory
Last month I led a training where I invited attendees to imagine their future. I adapted a visioning exercise described by Tanuja Jaegernauth on a recent podcast. The exercise itself comes from Kristiana Rae Colón. She is an abolitionist, playwright, and co-founder of the Let Us Breathe Collective. My adaptation
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easy as ABCD(E), part 2
This is the second in a 2-part series on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). View both entries for the complete walkthrough. * ABCD introduction + steps 1-3 * ABCD steps 4-7 + closing thoughts Last week, I started to explore the concept of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). ABCD also goes by Asset-Based Community Engagement (ABCE)
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easy as ABCD(E), part 1
This is the first in a 2-part series on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). View both entries for the complete walkthrough. * ABCD introduction + steps 1-3 * ABCD steps 4-7 + closing thoughts Last week I wrote about my time working in public health during the covid pandemic. My team uses a place-based approach
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antiracism and the Transtheoretical Model of Change
I heard about the Transtheoretical Model of Change a couple weeks ago. I attended a training designed to help build confidence in the covid-19 vaccine. The instructor helped us separate vaccine education from encouragement to get vaccinated. Of course we want people to get vaccinated. With covid cases spiking around
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antiracism and the Transtheoretical Model of Change (intro)
Last week I attended a training designed to help people build confidence in the covid-19 vaccine. The instructor helped us separate vaccine education from encouragement to get vaccinated. Of course we want people to get vaccinated. With covid cases spiking around the world, vaccines are the only way we’ll
