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Focus is marine conservation but everything is connected. We cannot apply tunnel vision. Ask if externalities for solving Y create problems for X. Tries to apply humility and curiosity to solve 6th mass extinction
𝗦𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 Once upon a time there was a young African woman. She had faced many emotional and physical battles to make her way up the career ladder in London. Sadly she had to have back surgery leading to a spinal injury that left her wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life. One day, she attended a talk that inspired her to create a movement about true diversity relating to everyone - regardless of colour, ethnicity or social class but focussing first on women. She wanted to gather voices and create a safe space to talk about issues that were a little uncomfortable so everyone could learn to understand each other better and be nicer and kinder. She wanted to do it differently, so she put countless hours of effort combining many talented singers and speakers to bring the artistic soul and the scientific data together in a beautiful way to speak about climate justice. She wanted to focus on women, diversity, and the challenges they had faced throughout their lives growing up in a society that made it so difficult for them to rise up. She wanted them to be able to roar against the system … but with love. As her little project grew and was showing signs of being a success, an old white man offered to help her. But it turned out he wanted to tell her what to do, who to invite, and how to run her project. He offered to give her money and invite lots of his friends if she did what he asked. It was very difficult for her as she needed some money, but she felt uncomfortable about how he was taking over her idea and running it in his way. After some herculean struggles, dealing with the way he brought her down and the logistics of such an event, she managed to create her event and to invite wonderful people to a big beautiful hall in the middle of the city with the most diverse audience to ever attend! It was a roaring success. However, the old man was jealous. So, he marched off and took her idea, using the her concept,. He told her she was silly and he could do it better. He then invited all his friends to do what he wanted to do for his project telling the bankers not to fund her project, or attend her event. He set up his own event using her idea of mixing song and debate together. This is (yet another) modern tale of expropriation of an idea that was born out of blood sweat and tears (literally) by a woman of diversity (and disability) and taken over by a rich white patriarch as his. Adding insult to injury by not only literally stepping on her idea but scooping up high level patronage. The end… ...Or should it end there? A modern day ‘fairy tale’ of the patriarchy. What would you do next – what would you like to see done differently? How often have you seen something like this happen? What would you advise? SHE Changes Climate #Patriarchy #Appropriation #Diversity #Unjust #Exploitation cartoon: unknown but happy to credit
As usual. As usual. As usual. We are getting so tired of these stories. It’s time to find another way. Olympic runner burned not a month from her success in France. Meanwhile in France, a man drugs and rapes his wife with help of 80+ perverts. They do not care about us. Yes there are exceptions. But we cannot run a country on exceptions. We cannot run a bank on exceptions. Then why do you think you can run our lives with exceptions? The vast majority of data is screaming at us straight in the face that they are not for us. In this time of chaos, death, war, it is time to say goodbye to outmoded, patriarchal empire and reclaim ourselves, divine and entire and sovereign.
I agree and would like to add that still this jealousy, greedy to succeed in modern times in modern corporate culture. Still many of us are facing this where our ideas are passing out to the team leader, Manager. We all should be courageous brave and strong to hold our ideas and opinions ✨ share diversity and inclusion ideas to everyone 💚
This resonates deeply with me as a woman in leadership, I've faced similar struggles—having my ideas sidelined or appropriated by those in positions of power. It’s a painful experience, but I’ve learned that staying true to my vision, protecting my work, and surrounding myself with supportive allies is key.
Old presidents of countries, old CEO's, old presidents of sport organisations ....
Focus is marine conservation but everything is connected. We cannot apply tunnel vision. Ask if externalities for solving Y create problems for X. Tries to apply humility and curiosity to solve 6th mass extinction
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