Posts Tagged ‘Stories’
Introducing Grantee Stories
Today we are excited to launch Headwaters’ newest storytelling project: Grantee Stories. Headwaters’ grantee community is made up of powerful organizers working across the state to build power in communities using…
Read MoreA Note to Say Farewell and Thank You: Tributaries July 2022
As this chapter in my life comes to a close, I have been reflecting on my path to Headwaters and my work over the past eight years. I am filled…
Read MoreWhole People, Complex Lives, and What Culture Eats for Breakfast: Tributaries February 2022
In mid-January I received an email from one of my staff members. I read and re-read one sentence that stuck out to me: “I feel vulnerable sharing this with you,…
Read MoreResting with Grief: Tributaries December 2021
In November, my brother in-law passed away. His death was unexpected. He was young. He meant the world to the people who loved him. Now there is a huge gaping…
Read MoreOn Stress, Sabbaticals, and Systems Change: Tributaries October 2021
“Maria, I don’t have any fight left in me,” my friend told me recently over lunch. She shared the impact that years of organizing and advocating were having on her.…
Read MoreTributaries: October 29, 2020
Recently, one of my board colleagues at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice talked about the dissonance she is experiencing between her head knowledge and her heart knowledge. As I listened…
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