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So, let's talk about the struggles of being neurodivergent and Black, and how advocacy can help make a world that’s truly accepting, loving, and just… https://lnkd.in/eS2hMR-R #DrBerryPierreTV #MedicineMondays

Many Black women face unique challenges on their healing journey. But remember, you're not alone. 🌸 One of our clients once felt overwhelmed by the weight of her trauma. With the support of our knowledgeable Black therapists, she found strength and resilience she never knew she had. 💪🏾 Take the first step today. Reach out for support and start rewriting your narrative. 💬 Share your story and rewrite the narrative of your life. #HealingJourney #Empowerment #BlackWomenThrive #blackwomanwillbloom #advocacy #blackwomen

Today is the day! Download the Indiana Girl Report now and commit to advocating for and making change to improve girl wellbeing!

Our five-year strategic plan, “Building For Our Future,” is out today! We partnered with Anavi Strategies to reflect on what’s going well and what we need to do to sustain and strengthen our 47-year-old organization as we move forward. The result is “Building For Our Future,” our strategic plan for 2024 to 2028. For the next five years, we will focus on strategies to: 📍 Deliver consistent high-quality client experiences 📍 Ensure sustainable organizational resources 📍 Build an equitable organizational culture in which staff thrive 📍 Enhance the organization’s cultural competency for underserved communities 📍 Embed racial equity across the organization The issue of intimate partner violence continues to take lives and devastate families, but as our Executive Director and President Joanna Otero Cruz points out in our strategic plan, we are building for a future free from abuse TOGETHER. Read the strategic plan and find out how you can be part of it: https://lnkd.in/gAJmJxDR Special thanks to The Sketch Effect for bringing our roadmap to life! #StrategicPlanning #DomesticViolence #roadmap #advocacy #community

The September cohort of Influential Advocacy just had it's Kickass Kickoff call. These advocates want to learn how to move people from indifference to action in accessibility. These are SKILLS you can learn. So great to have you all: Ben, Daniel, Jessica, Kathryn, Melissa "echo", Nora, Norman, Steven, Tiffany, & James in this cohort. And thank you Melissa for interpreting! This week we're diving into the cohort's origin stories. There is NO better way to get people to understand WHY accessibility is important than to share your OWN transformation with them. #a11yProTips, #inclusion, #accessibility, #business, #leadership ____________________________________________________ Hi! I'm Cam. I make accessibility easy to talk about. Join the next FREE webinar on solving advocacy burnout: http://camb.pw/webinar

📢 Be stronger than your excuses! 💪✨ "We can and must do better, the child’s voice is necessary more than ever! Knowing isn’t good enough." - Rob Fox 🌍 As a society, it is our collective responsibility to ensure the well-being and rights of every child. Today, I want to emphasize the importance of taking action and being a voice for the voiceless. 🔊 This message serves as a powerful reminder that we cannot afford to be complacent or passive when it comes to championing children's rights. It is not enough to simply be aware of the challenges they face. We must step up and make a difference in their lives. 🙌 Children are the future, and their voices need to be heard. They have unique perspectives, ideas, and dreams that can shape our world for the better. It is crucial that we create an environment where children are empowered to express themselves, share their experiences, and actively participate in decision-making processes that affect them. 💡 To be stronger than our excuses means to overcome any barriers that may prevent us from taking action. It means challenging the status quo, questioning the systems in place, and advocating for change. It means standing up against injustice, inequality, and any form of harm that children may face. 🤝 I invite you all to join me in this important journey. Let's work together to create a society where every child is safe, nurtured, and provided with opportunities to thrive. Together, we can make a lasting impact and pave the way for a brighter future. #ChildrensRights #Advocacy #MakeADifference #BeTheVoice #EmpowerChildren #ChildAdvocacy #StandUpForChildren Feel free to share this post and spread the message. Let's inspire others to be stronger than their excuses and take action for the well-being of children everywhere! ✨🌟

Just 15 days into 2024, many of us are struggling to keep up with those aspirational new year's resolutions. I can't think of a better time to remember the legacy of a man who boldly fought against injustice and called out those on the sidelines. Today, as the New Year's Resolutions fade, let us remember that justice-for-all is not a goal we can afford to give up on as the year progresses. Allyship and advocacy must be more than beginning-of-the-year resolutions. They must be at the heart of all our efforts in life and career. #martinlutherkingjr #justiceforall

People with lived experience are being left out the conversation. Let’s be real. Lived experience is only part of the conversation. Combine with expertise, lived experience is a transformative paradigm. Our stories hold power. They hold our families and the generations that share our pain. These pains become amplified in movements of linguicity, and in my case through bill writing an advocacy. The people I run with have the same stories. We ran the streets because our disease remanded us to suffer. The Minnesota Harm Reduction Collaborative , a grassroots level organization I founded in 2022, understand the struggle, and our team put it over the finish line. In our suffering we found a light to help others. Our struggles amplify into change, Lasting change. I wrote my first bill four months off the streets. My hands were ready to tell the story of my struggle and the unhoused family that saved my life Yet, even in our monumental success, people are still speaking for us. They credit the big cats for our ideas feeding a recidivist nation. The story is being lost. A bill passage is one small start to revolution. I’m happy to write that the bill I began two years ago in my two bedroom with my cat Rhombus and a shit ton of Adderall passed this year. Medications in Minnesota are now allowed in sober homes. MAT and other medicinals can no longer be denied to people like us. The bill has passed. Which story are we going to tell? The one that sounds all too common, where only those with wealth and privaledge can make a difference? Or the real story. Where in a subsidized apartment, on food stamps and slinging trays at Applebees, a gender non-conforming gay man stood up to a system that said no. Whose story matters. It’s your choice. #democracy #pridemonth #advocacy

7 THINGS SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES SHOULD LEAVE IN 2023 #6 ONE SIZE FITS ALL ACTIVISM There’s not one way that everyone should show up when it comes to activism and advocacy! Stop trying to put people in a box, and shame them for not showing up in the exact ways, forms, and times that YOU choose to show up. Activism isn’t one size fits all! Let people show up in the ways that makes sense for them, and that also allows them to stay committed to the cause, consistently, for the long haul. Get in where you fit in, and stop judging other people! If you want to learn how to create a simple, 7-Step Anti-Racist Action Plan, and develop a daily anti-racist journaling practice, to help you stay consistent, and committed to living an anti-racist lifestyle, grab my Anti-Racism School Is In Session™️ Anti-Racist Action Plan, and Digital Journal today! Get it here! https://lnkd.in/ga7B6pK4 #antiracismschoolisinsession #blackhistory365 #diversityequityinclusion #dei #socialjustice #education #workculture #womenleaders #blacklinkedin

#Blackmaternalhealthweek is so important for awareness, advocacy, & action. The traumatic experiences of celebrities like Tatyana Ali are just the tip of the iceberg. I encourage everyone reading this to honor the moms and infants you know and those who you may not know. Learn about the bills that protect them: #momnibus, #safemedicationsformoms, #transitionalassistanceforfamilieswithdependentchildren. The more you know, the more you understand, the greater your ability to effect meaningful change. https://lnkd.in/eegsVx_i