Tag: Newsletter
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K. Dot’s Halftime Message: Speak Up for Justice
Everyone is talking about Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance. It was nuanced, multi-layered, and a clear call to action: There is so much pressure to go along with what you know is wrong. Do what’s right anyway. There is pressure to stay quiet about the attacks on the most vulnerable among us.Speak up anyway.There is…
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Understanding DEI: A Path to Inclusion for All
Closed captions is DEI.Wheelchair ramps are DEI.Your kid’s IEP at school? That’s DEI.Parental leave at work? DEI.The levers that adjust the driver’s seat in your car? DEI.Online church services – DEI.Protections for pregnant women in the workplace – DEI.Published salary bands and mandatory salary ranges in job descriptions? You guessed it. Because of the history…
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It’s time for #WPC24!
We are so excited to be back at the White Privilege Conference! Last year at this time, the Comadre Speakers Collaborative was an idea, a dream, a shared vision between a few people trying to reimagine speaker events. And this year we are sponsoring at the conference, meeting people, and enjoying the joy all around…
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March 2023 Newsletter
Here are some highlights – check out the full newsletter at the link. “My feminism will be intersectional or it will be bullshit!” — Flavia Dzodan Flavia Dzodan wrote the spectacular essay (linked above at the quote) over a decade ago to help process her anger at white feminists ignoring or even defending racism in…
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February 2023 Newsletter
Here are some highlights – check out the full newsletter at the link. We can wax poetic all month about what love is really about, but if you ask me (and I did), love is work. In a culture that discourages us from being vulnerable, loving ourselves, each other, and the earth takes introspection and…
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January 2023 Newsletter
Here are some highlights – check out the full newsletter at the link. “Wherever you go, there you are” – that adage is ringing true for me as I step into the new year, changed not by an arbitrary marking of the passage of time but by my own efforts and those of a community…
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November 2022 Newsletter
Here are some highlights – check out the full newsletter at the link. It’s Native American Heritage Month Did you know the Indian Child Welfare Act, which protects Native children from being separated from their communities via adoption, is in danger? The Supreme Court is considering overturning ICWA, which threatens not only the cultural heritage…
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September 2022 Newsletter
Here are some highlights – check out the full newsletter at the link. What an exciting time! Comadre Speakers Collaborative has launched, and I’m so grateful to you for being one of the early adopters. It’s already mid-month so I’ll get right to the resources that have caught our attention this month. COMADRE SPOTLIGHT: Natarsha…