Kerry Leslie

Nonprofit and philanthropy and our white moderate tendency to obey tyranny in advance Next week, because the universe has a perverse sense of humor, we have MLK Jr. Day on the same day...

“our sector often falls into the third group: the leaders and organizations who say they are for equity and justice, but whose words and actions continue to advance injustice. These are the white moderates that MLK warned us about, and our sector is full of them.”

All LA public libraries have free N95 masks if needed! #lafires

Ensuring a healthy U.S. democracy in the face of extreme weather events Candid insights | Growing in frequency and intensity, extreme weather events disrupt healthy participation in the U.S. Democracy. Learn what funders can do to help prepare and protect civil society fr...

Climate change is a civics justice issue!

blog.candid.org/post/extreme... by Keesha Gaskins-Nathan

"Fun" in the way that most folklore is fun, I mean - dark, twisted, and best engaged with at a distance from a storytelling and philosophical perspective... (not as one of the children actually being frightened by these in real time 🫣)

Wait, did you watch that Hallmark movie too?? 😉

This is pretty fun folklore!

A Transformative Journey: Toward a Regenerative Economy By Tara Brown

“Who’d have thought a 'simple' pivot toward more deeply aligning our values and actions would lead to such inner turmoil? This is the beauty — and terror — of 'the work'.” - Tara Brown, Hidden Leaf Foundation

Loving this Mapping the Mycelia series by Justice Funders 💛
medium.com/justice-fund...

System Change: A Basic Primer to the Solidarity Economy - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly COVID-19 teaches us the costs of ignoring solidarity. But can a solidarity economy really be built? And, if so, what would it look like?

Tis the season of cocooning and obstinate hope...

"We do not need to 'wait for the revolution' because [Solidarity Economy] practices already exist all around us today. Our task is to make these practices visible, and to grow and connect them."

Revisiting: nonprofitquarterly.org/system-chang...

To President Biden: Free Leonard Peltier, Grant Clemency Now I just signed a @theactionnet petition: To President Biden: Free Leonard Peltier, Grant Clemency Now. Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/to-president-biden-free-leonard-peltier-grant-cleme...

➡️Telling President Biden to grant Executive Clemency for our relative: ndnco.cc/freeleonardpetition

☎️ Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email: comments@whitehouse.gov

🗳️ Contacting your Representatives: www.congress.gov/members/find...

Toward Solidarity: Reparations and Land Back on California’s Horizon - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly : In California, two commissions seek to advance reparative justice. Can Indigenous and Black residents build the solidarity needed for success?

"True solidarity must not be rooted in transactional gains but rather in a spirit of reciprocity."

So much richness and insight in this piece by Trevor Smith and Savannah Romero! nonprofitquarterly.org/toward-solid...

#LandBack #Reparations #TruthAndHealing

Everything For Everyone — Common Notions Press

Read this book! 📖
Listen to this book! 🎧
Imagine Everything for Everyone... 💛

Stories help us envision a better world - a more just, healthy, joyful world - and they help us feel connected to others struggling defiantly and lovingly for that better world.

www.commonnotions.org/everything-f...

Envisioning a Future Without Investor-Owned Utilities - Episode 222 of Local Energy Rules - Institute for Local Self-Reliance Visited 225 times, 3 visit(s) today

“What if we envisioned a future either without or with a diminished role for investor-owned utilities?”

These are the conversations! (for renewable energy economy nerds, at least 😉)

🎧 Check out @ilsr.bsky.social's Local Energy Rules podcast w/ John Farrell & Mike Shriberg ilsr.org/articles/a-f...

"Because we're the good guys. ... And we're carrying the fire." - The Road