Author: UWC
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033 On Feedback
When Alicia Garza said that to survive in Maine we must take up our space and be our authentic selves my heart skipped a beat, and I let out a breath I had been holding for about 6 weeks. This month I…
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032 Integrity
I noticed an odd, disturbing pattern last month. After years of attending and offering racial justice and equity learning experiences, I realized that I rarely initiated or participated in direct…
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031 Lewiston
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about neighbors lately. No, not my literal neighbors, although I am quite blessed with some great ones. I’ve been reflecting on what it means to be a neighbor in…
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030 Doing the Do Pt. 3 – Experiments In Building The World As It Should Be
Lately, I have been sitting in rooms with creative people pondering one of the toughest questions I meet in my work: What do we need to do today to survive in the world as it is, while…
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029 Doing the Do Pt. 2 – Equity Is Transformation
Let’s start with an equation: Not all transformation projects are equity projects. All projects focused on equity are transformation projects. How many times have you seen an organization, or group…
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028 Doing the Do Pt. 1 – Supporting Transformative Leaders
The universe sends me gifts in the form of a question I often get asked in this line of work: “Who are you to be an expert?” The question is an opportunity to claim a piece of my self…
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027 Energy
How do you and I need to shift the dynamics of our energy to sustain the work ahead? Ever since I launched Up With Community, I’ve enjoyed closing a year by choosing a focus word for the year ahead…
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026 Gratitude is Breath
“WOW, I am a total jerk when I don’t take time to stop and breath.” That thought hit me like a cold bucket of water in the middle of my first chance to workout in over three weeks…
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025 Getting the Leaders We Deserve
Call it sour grapes, call it whatever you want: I have come to loathe that quote: “We get the leaders we deserve”. A simple google search shows us how meaningless this phrase has become. (And that we really have no…
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024 Cutting Wires From My Tree
My Brass Tacks chat with Veronica A Perez was a gift last Friday. It was a calm chance to make sense of a week in which my spirit and memory were bombarded by misogyny, violence, pain – from Cosby…