POWER, JUSTICE, AND SYSTEMS CHANGE

WEBINAR SERIES

  • Vanessa Mason, principal of Building Cultures of Belonging on the programs team at Omidyar Network and Creator and Writer at Future of Belonging gifted us with a conversation on possibilities for how we think about transforming systems at scale. She reminded us that systems change requires thoughtful dialogue and dedication to slow but steady action. Instead of rushing towards change, we are now encouraged to take a step back and develop collective practices that underpin a larger goal. Vanessa’s offering has sparked us to slow down in our work, see the devolution of power as a useful strategy for systems change and recognize our humanity and roles in the systems we intend to impact.

  • Ana Lucía Castaño Galvis, anthropologist, agroecologist, facilitator and co-founder of Arare Corporation gifted us with a conversation that challenges us to ask ourselves “what are we nourishing?” She lists reciprocity, contribution and joy as the ingredients necessary to sustaining our lives while doing the work of systems change. Ana Lucía offered that systemic changes should be intimate, personal, hyper-local, and cultural. Her conversation has helped us to understand “Justice” as a dialogical process of the redistribution of acknowledgment. Ana Lucía’s offering has sparked us to consider that systemic change has to be something that the people and the land get to participate and that it gets to be done with” sabrosura.”

    This webinar was recorded in Spanish with live English interpretation. Both recordings are available.

  • Ana Lucía Castaño Galvis, antropóloga, agroecologista, facilitadora y co-fundadora de la Corporación Arare nos obsequió con una conversación que nos reta a preguntarnos, “¿qué estamos nutriendo?” Ella enumera la reciprocidad, la contribución y el gozo como los ingredientes necesarios para sostener nuestras vidas mientras llevamos a cabo la labor del cambio de sistemas. Ana Lucía sugirió que los cambios sistémicos deben ser íntimos, personales, híper-locales y culturales. Su conversación nos ayudó a entender la “Justicia” como un proceso dialógico de la redistribución del reconocimiento. El ofrecimiento de Ana Lucía nos provoca a considerar que el cambio sistémico tiene que ser algo en lo que la gente y la tierra participen y que se debe hacer con ”sabrosura.”

    Este webinario fue grabado en español con interpretación simultánea al inglés. Ambas grabaciones están disponibles.

  • Lorena Garcia Duran, Global Leader for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Ashoka, and Board member of Imperative Fund and Freedom for Immigrants gifted us a conversation that reminded us of the positive developments taking place in the world. Her insights shed light on the concept of Power and how it influences the narratives we create around systems change and highlighted the need for the mainstream media to catch up and start showcasing the success stories of where things are actually working. Lorena sparked us to seriously focus on taking care of our souls, our bodies and taking care of our families as we do the work of systems change.

    This webinar was recorded in English with live Spanish interpretation. Both recordings are available.

  • Lorena García Duran, Líder Global para la Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusión (DEI, por sus siglas en inglés) en Ashoka, y miembro de la Junta del Imperative Fund [Fondo Imperativo] y Freedom for Immigrants [Libertad para les Inmigrantes] nos obsequió una conversación que nos recordó que hay desarrollos positivos ocurriendo en el mundo. Su percepción nos esclareció el concepto del Poder y cómo influencia las narrativas que desarrollamos alrededor del cambio de sistemas y destacó la necesidad de que los medios convencionales se pongan al día y comiencen a resaltar las historias de éxito donde las cosas estén verdaderamente funcionando. Lorena nos provocó a enfocarnos seriamente en cuidar nuestras almas, nuestros cuerpos y a cuidar de nuestras familias mientras llevamos a cabo la labor del cambio de sistemas.

    Este webinario fue grabado en inglés con interpretación simultánea al español. Ambas grabaciones están disponibles.

  • Janvieve Williams Comrie, Black and Latina human rights strategist, trainer, organizer and founder of the AfroResistance gifted us with a conversation on the parallels and intersections of parenthood and systems change work. Janvieve reminded us that everything is political; that the things we consume, the people we relate to, the work we do as systems change practitioners - are all political. Janvieve helped to articulate the necessity to be in relationship with and live inside of the communities we intend to positively impact while warning us of the dangers of appropriation. Her conversation has sparked us to examine the histories, political interests, and people at stake in all that we do, consume and are in relationship to.

  • Tatenda Nzinga Mazowe, media and wellness entrepreneur, author, actress, musician and creator of Oshun Rises gifted us with a conversation on transpersonal justice, healing justice and her research on alternative dispute resolution in Zimbabwe. Tatenda’s conversation challenges the field’s insistence on success stories and articulates the ways echo chambers distort our systems change work Tatenda has sparked us to be less self-centered and more flexible, humble, and open in our work as systems change practitioners.