An acquaintance of mine, educator and higher ed leader Suzanne Wilson Summers, posted a comment on LinkedIn to an article calling on us all to remember history and to heed current calls for action. Her comment struck me at a moment when I was questioning my own current strategy of action. ""As a historian," Suzanne … Continue reading Working multiple tracks to hold light for others
Fair warning: This post gets into the weeds and is long-ish. Jump to the What now? section to get a tl;dr version. My head is swirling in reaction to all the actions that are focused on resisting what is going on around us. Protests, advocacy campaigns, boycotts, political organizing, providing aid and support for organizations … Continue reading Unpacking a (mostly) positive community listening experience
"What if everybody's job is to do repair?" comes from Jessica Norwood, founder and CEO of Runway. Runway is a Black and Brown women-led financial innovation firm focusing on building Black community wealth through early-stage business funding, support and partnerships. Norwood is a successful entrepreneur and a gifted communicator and story teller. I wanted to … Continue reading What if everybody’s job is to do repair?
I plan to share highlights from my weekly posts every month or so via the WordPress email newsletter (I do not use the email newsletter for weekly post sharing). This is the first of that routine. Let me know what you think. I started this writing and doing effort because we are in batshit times. … Continue reading Monthly summary #1: Community listening
One of the items on my initial 2025 actions list - helping produce a newsletter for the complex I live in - came to life this past week. I also crossed a (small) Rubicon by submitting a letter-to-the-editor to the local Evanston newspaper. The letter (unpublished as of today - but I share it at … Continue reading Small actions, crossing small Rubicons and visibility
Jeff Merrell 