A Heart As Wide As the World

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MOVING FROM IDEAS TO ACTION

Preparing for Change

Awareness: Aligning Intention & Action

Analysis: Power

Action: Working on Structures

Action: Improving Team Health

Accountability: Testing Ideas

UWC Resources

Preparing for Change

Awareness: Aligning Intention and Action

Analysis: Power

Action: Working on Structures

Action: Improving Team Health

Accountability: Testing Ideas

UWC Resources

Overview

We move through change each day – it is a constant in our lives. These are the building blocks of sustainability for living in this moment and throughout the long road ahead.

There can be a deep sense of urgency for change that drives us to action before we have fully aligned our purpose and outcomes. This can lead to disruptions, unnecessary conflict, and ultimate failure of our plans. Here are valuable guides for aligning intention and action to save energy, resources and time.

Aligning Purpose, Outcome and Process

Adult learning

Adult learning best practices

Dialogue tools

Tapping into love energy

Useful initial assessments

Addressing root causes

Equity is a part of every mission

Opening to organizational transformation

Improving strategic thinking

Strategic thinking

Setting up change management systems

Understanding problems

Overview

To make change in our society, we need to understand the fundamentals of how decision making happens, in our teams, through our social identities, and in our systems of power.

Understanding systems of power

Understandinbg power

Power mapping and analysis

Social justice learning resources

Restorative justice

Trainings for understanding power

Exploring social identity

What is social identity?

Class

Feminism

Gender

People with disabilities

Race

Sexual orientation

Asian identities

Black identities

Indigenous identities

Latinx identities

Multiracial identities

White identities

Overview

Work for diversity, equity and inclusion achieves lasting impact when we orient our energy towards structural change and integrate structural change tools into our programs and operations. This pathway provides support for analyzing structures and transforming them for justice.

Structural equity tools

Shifting worldview

Historical structures

Community organizing

Overview

Major strategic initiatives need the solid foundation of a healthy organization to flourish. This includes effective internal communications, focused decision-making, useful performance evaluation, life-giving management, and conflict resolution. It is important to routinely check in on the health of these systems and make necessary adjustments.

Improving team decision making

Introduction

Adaptive leadership

Facilitation

Interpersonal communications

Managing better

Powerful questions

Overcoming triggers

Collaboration

Implicit bias

Shared leadership and governance

Virtual organizing and meeting

Performance

Performance evaluations

Feedback

Productivity and growth

Setting competancies for inclusion and equity

Management and leadership

Culture

Trust

Values-based leadership

Critical multiculturalism

Intergroup dialogue

On philanthropy

Board development

Overview

Breaking the status quo and opening up new possibilities for equity and freedom in our work requires innovative experiments. Teams must ensure that all members have the ability to act on the vision and goals they are co-creating. By leveraging design thinking, inclusive practices, productive evaluation, and a clarity around your purpose, outcomes and roles, teams can better execute these experiments and pilot programs.

Design thinking

Goal setting

Building stronger tests

Evaluation and assessment

Dashboards

Overview

Explore the interviews, frameworks, templates and articles created and published by Up With Community. Some of these resources have been distributed by our team and others published by partner organizations. We continue to add to this collection regularly.

Video Series

Brass Tacks

Unearthing

Speaking Events

Action Letters

UWC Guides + Resources

UWC Podcast

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Sharon’s A Heart as Wide as the World offers gentle guidance and heartfelt stories drawn from decades of Buddhist practice, inviting readers to expand their capacity for compassion. Through meditation and lovingkindness, she illustrates how opening our hearts connects us deeply to others and provides the strength to navigate life with wisdom and kindness.

Source: Sharon Salzberg

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SWITCH PATHWAYS

Pathway 1 | Preparing for Change

Pathway 2 | Awareness: Aligning Intention and Action

Pathway 3 | Analysis: Power

Pathway 4 | Action: Working on Structures

Pathway 5 | Action: Improving Team Health

Pathway 6 | Accountability: Testing Ideas

Pathway 7 | UWC Resources

GROW COMMUNITY

Giving thanks: We share these resources in gratitude to all of our teachers and with appreciation for the value they have brought us. The field guide is a living resource that we are consistently adding to. We receive no payment or kickbacks for sharing. Access and use of these resources should be done at one’s own discretion. If you see a resource you like, we encourage you to reach out to the author.

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