I’m excited to organize my first funder convening for Northern California Grantmakers, which will explore the intersection between climate change, sea level rise and community resilience in Northern California. NCG’s Climate & Disaster Resilience Funders Group provides a space for funders to connect, learn and explore opportunities for action. To learn more about the convening and register, click here.
I’m thrilled to be a part of Leadership Tomorrow’s Class of 2024, the 40th cohort of an engaging leadership development program with a mission to “educate, inspire, connect, and catalyze cross-sector leaders who work together for collective impact.” Already, I’ve connected with so many folks as we’ve learned from each other and regional leaders on a range of issues ranging from racial equity, neighborhoods and community development and health and wellbeing. We’re reading The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves, by Shawn A. Ginwright, Phd., and weaving that learning into our Leadership Lab teams. So far, so good! To learn more, check out this link.
Having consulted for over 150 organizations and networks since 2005, I know first-hand the power of leaders working together on issues related to climate, heath and equity. For the last several years, I’ve partnered with Sara Daleiden on multiple consulting projects and am excited to share we’ve formed a consulting cooperative with another long-time friend and colleague, Russell Horning. We’re calling it Pacific Pattern.
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I love the Evergreen State and am impressed by the wide variety of places connected to land and/or water for a nonprofit to retreat. Here’s a few suggestions for some places that look fantastic:
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Over the course of four years, I worked closely with my colleague Sara Daleiden to co-facilitate several gatherings for the Urban Land Institute Health Leaders Network. We facilitated engaging conversations in Los Angeles, Denver, Boston and Washington, D.C., as well as virtually. Working closely with the ULI team, we co-created engaging agendas that facilitated relationship building, learning and action. We worked hard to bring multiple perspectives to the surface, encourage balanced participation and lift up racial equity as a key pillar. Check out this ULI blog post for more details.
After the murder of George Floyd, one way in which I responded was by writing blog post, and what follows is another post sharing readings, insights and practices from my own learning journey to better understand something that by design has been made invisible to me for most of my life– white supremacy culture.
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