We Can’t Escape Real Life While Changemaking
We can’t escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let’s be aware of these four elements as we create change.
Reducing Trauma’s Influence in Doing Good: Justice Daily – S2.E2.
How do we reduce trauma’s influence in our work of doing good? In this Justice Daily Interview with Michelle Stiffler, a trauma specialist, we learn about helping us endure beyond burnout and get real about Fight Flight, Fawn, Freeze
What is Happening With Migrants Near San Diego?
What is happening with migrants in San Diego? Are there really outdoor detention camps in Jucumba California for asylum seekers? Here’s what I saw.
Notes From Birmingham Jail & 60th Anniversary of the March
Honestly, I've never read more than clips of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s works, even though I've talked them up. A major world-changer, Dr. King is mostly known for his "I Have a Dream" speech sixty-years ago during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. On a whim I decided...
Hypocrisy and the Love Your Neighbor T-Shirt
Why I couldn’t wear the “Love your neighbor” t-shirt and how we become.
A Road Trip Story: Accepting Kindness When You Rather Give It
How to accept kindness when you rather receiving it.
How Do We Honor a Story?
How do we honor a story? What is ethical storytelling and how can we use it to do good better?
When You Doubt Your Influence as a Changemaker
Do you ever doubt that you have influence to make a difference? The playlists that go through our minds, whether positive or negative, really affect who we are. And who we are, especially what we believe about ourselves, really defines how we try to change the world....
Why Do We Start Caring About Justice?
Why Do you care about justice? Here’s how global missions got me started, how my faith challenged me to care and the why-after-why exercise to help you.
How I Used to Fight Human Trafficking vs. How I Fight Human Trafficking Now
I used to fight human trafficking differently than I used to. Here’s how I changed and why.
Spectrum of Belief About Justice Issues: Art of Advocacy
Not everyone shares the same beliefs, so using the Spectrum of Belief graph helps us to have healthy conversations about justice that aren’t so black and white.
10 Myths About Being an Everyday Advocate
What types of activism and advocacy myths have you believed? Check these out to learn to do good better!
Using Social Media to Make a Difference
How can changemakers use social media to make a difference? Check out this interview with social media expert, Megan Ericson to learn how.
Responses When You’re Privileged
Are you privileged in one way or another? If so, you’ve probably experienced one of the three main responses to privilege.
Kids Books To Raise World Changers
Gosh, these days I feel like I'm getting books on all sides! There are six of us and between our school stuff, work, responsibilities and especially our interests, we are going through books like crazy! In these stacks are some good books to raise world changers that...
Art of Advocacy: When It is Time To Cocoon
I've been writing a lot recently to process what has been going on in the United States. Not only have we been dealing with COVID-19, unemployment and politics, but also something dear to my heart, racism. In my lifetime, the issue of racism has never been brought...
How One Woman Can Change the World: Justice Daily S3E3
Do you really believe you can change the world? Do you know you have something that matters? We have stories of women who have leveraged what they had to make a difference from the corners of the globe they live in. Humanitarian worker and author Ronne Rock joined me...
So You Want to Talk About Race?
So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo, has been on my list for a few years, and if I am honest, like most books on racism, it made me feel anxious and uncomfortable to pick up. To my surprise, this book does an excellent job at taking complex ideas and...
Loving Your Neighbor: Digging and Building Sandcastles
Loving your neighbor has a lot of similarities to digging sand and building sandcastles. I've had a lot of moments by the ocean to think about this recently. I've been going to the beach during or soon after it has rained. (To my surprise, I even got in the local news...
The Pausing Season: Reevaluating and Renegotiating Commitments
I texted the carpool mom, "See you at 8:45!" She wrote me back, "7:45! 😂 Back to the grind!" I guess have to get my head back in the game! Coming off the holidays, we went on a much needed anniversary trip. But, now it is time to hit the "grind" again and begin...
Social Change Ecosystems: Justice Daily S
Did you know each of us have different roles in social change? We all play different parts in doing good, based on our experience, skill, natural bent, and stage of life. Deepa Iyer has mapped out these changemaker roles to give us guidance as we make a difference...
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We can't escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let's be aware of these four elements as we create change.
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LatestWe Can’t Escape Real Life While Changemaking
We can't escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let's be aware of these four elements as we create change.
We Can’t Escape Real Life While Changemaking
We can’t escape real life while we are changemaking. The context matters. Let’s be aware of these four elements as we create change.
Reducing Trauma’s Influence in Doing Good: Justice Daily – S2.E2.
How do we reduce trauma’s influence in our work of doing good? In this Justice Daily Interview with Michelle Stiffler, a trauma specialist, we learn about helping us endure beyond burnout and get real about Fight Flight, Fawn, Freeze
What is Happening With Migrants Near San Diego?
What is happening with migrants in San Diego? Are there really outdoor detention camps in Jucumba California for asylum seekers? Here’s what I saw.
Notes From Birmingham Jail & 60th Anniversary of the March
Honestly, I’ve never read more than clips of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s works, even though I’ve talked them up. A major world-changer, Dr. King is mostly known for his “I Have a Dream” speech...
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Why I couldn’t wear the “Love your neighbor” t-shirt and how we become.
A Road Trip Story: Accepting Kindness When You Rather Give It
How to accept kindness when you rather receiving it.