I did not plan to write this story/post. But the moment filled my heart, and head. I'm using the question prompts from the 100 Evanston Stories Project - Navigating Though Trumpism to tell the story and what it means to me: How deeply you feel community when it is visible. I wrote more than is … Continue reading My Hands Off! moment for 100 Evanston stories – navigating through Trumpism
This week I am officially launching a project: 100 Evanston Stories: Navigating Through Trumpism. I aim to collect and share 100 stories about how the local Evanston community (where I live) helps its members resist Trump and his enablers and work toward a different future. Real stories. Told by folks who live in Evanston about … Continue reading Monthly update (March): 100 Evanston Stories – Navigating Trumpism project. And more.
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
Jeff Merrell 