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There are more than a few reasons why life here in Los Angeles is grand but one of them is the inspiration I get from the small but mighty non-profits that continue to make our city better. One is Public Matters, founded by Mike Blockstein and Reanne Estrada. If you want a break from the news cycle, have a look at this article titled "Conspiratorial Joy Lives Here."

Social Justice and the Person-Centred Approach Date for your diary - the annual Melissa Harte Lecture. Tuesday 4th Feb 2100-2230 GMT. Online, all proceeds to charity. *** There is much to celebrate in the contribution that Carl Rogers and our field has made to social justice practices: from the articulation of a client-empowering stance, to Rogers and colleagues’ peace work, to inspiring such community-based practices as nonviolent communication and parent effectiveness training. But there are also challenges to the person-centred approach from the contemporary social justice field: such as how we approach practices like ‘broaching’ and ‘advocacy’, and how we engage with cultural differences or intersectionality. This talk will look at how the person-centred approach might evolve to incorporate these new perspectives: developing theory and practice which combines the client-centredness of classical Rogerian approaches with a cutting edge recognition of contemporary social justice and multicultural issues. https://lnkd.in/ey6fPnEV

WomenEd this is such an interesting and valuable collection of #women’s perspectives, experiences, insights and supportive guidance. Getting ready to read the words of many women in #education, on diverse and disruptive topics, championing the four campaigns, and upholding the core values. #WomenEd: Elevating women to achieve their next leadership step.

Let's learn about the acts you can engage with today: The ACE Act: H.151/S.113 would establish a fund to provide grants to organizations focused on the arts, culture, humanities, and interpretive sciences to remove barriers encountered by people with disabilities. By dedicating these resources to cultural organizations, we can build a creative economy where everyone can find enjoyment and belonging in the stories, performances, and exhibits present in our communities. How to support: https://lnkd.in/gHVnatzx The Downtown Vitality Act: This would establish the Downtown Vitality Fund and dedicate 5% of revenues from online sales in Massachusetts to support staffing and operations of cultural districts, business improvement districts, main street associations, and parking benefit districts in Gateway Cities and other low-income communities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gjy8bdyD Cultural Equity in Tourism: H.3244/S.2194 would establish a grant program within the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism to support tourism marketing and promotional expenses for arts and cultural organizations and prioritize amplifying the stories of historically marginalized or underrepresented cultures. By increasing local and regional tourism to more culturally diverse spaces and events, Massachusetts can support economic vitality for everyone. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gUPAcdRY

In this article, our founder and CEO Sylvia Kalungi discusses how we can raise the next generation to be generous, kind, and motivated to enact change in our society.

#NarrativeTips Celebrate the wins loudly - and explain the role of collective effort and solidarity. The work of progressing towards a more inclusive, more just, more sensible set of policies and practice is hard. Boy is it hard. And we spend a lot of time in the difficult space of thinking about and talking about the problems. Most of you will know about negativity bias - part of our fast thinking system that means we recall and tend to create predictive mental models around negative outcomes. Which makes it hard to believe positive change will happen. But the reality is it does! and to counter this (and other mental models that get in the way) we need to frame the wins well. When we win, when progress is made (even imperfect progress because we are humans after all), its useful to celebrate it in a way which explains for people the steps that were taken, especially the collective, collaborative steps that were taken to get us there. Frame the solidarity of different groups of people coming together across different parts of our community (as a side note I think it is not so useful to frame it in war like terms which is an extrinsic set of values). So yesterday, people in local politics in Wellington made some great decisions about housing in the city. It was a win for a more inclusive city, and to get here took the efforts of many people working together, across different communities, to demand better long term decisions from our decision makers for our public good. It included enormous efforts into deepening public understanding on the issues (yup framing matters), as well as just good old fashioned organising so decision makers can hear. That is how big change happens. Keep at it https://lnkd.in/eT9Tx3Rg

🌟 Discover our 9 secrets to transforming your volunteer program into a powerhouse of impact. Dive into our latest article to elevate your organization's community engagement efforts! 👥✨ Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gu-8x2Gt #VolunteerProgram #SuccessTips #CommunityImpact #NonprofitLeadership #VolunteerManagement #SocialChange

Check this out to learn more about the Women in Leadership of Central Illinois scholarship for local women! Applications are due the first week of March. They are simple and straight forward to complete, so no worries about timing. Go get it!

New PBS series 📽️ "The Invisible Shield" examines how #publichealth makes modern life possible, but it is often underfunded, undervalued and misunderstood. Learn more and stream here ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q02rjFhV0

I feel very honoured to have written a chapter for this book - the launch events are starting soon and you can pre-order a copy here: https://lnkd.in/ekJtXEKA #Womened #disruptivewomen