Kerry Leslie
@kerrythefire.bsky.social
- (she/her) - (strategist, analyst, storyteller, advocate for a healthy, just and joyful world) - (stubbornly believing that another world is possible) -
“You have to carry the fire. ... It's inside you. It always was there. I can see it.” - The Road
“You have to carry the fire. ... It's inside you. It always was there. I can see it.” - The Road
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Kerry Leslie
@kerrythefire.bsky.social
· Nov 21
"Because we're the good guys. ... And we're carrying the fire." - The Road
Reposted by Kerry Leslie
“our sector often falls into the third group: the leaders and organizations who say they are for equity and justice, but whose words and actions continue to advance injustice. These are the white moderates that MLK warned us about, and our sector is full of them.”
Nonprofit and philanthropy and our white moderate tendency to obey tyranny in advance
Next week, because the universe has a perverse sense of humor, we have MLK Jr. Day on the same day...
nonprofitaf.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“our sector often falls into the third group: the leaders and organizations who say they are for equity and justice, but whose words and actions continue to advance injustice. These are the white moderates that MLK warned us about, and our sector is full of them.”
“Who’d have thought a 'simple' pivot toward more deeply aligning our values and actions would lead to such inner turmoil? This is the beauty — and terror — of 'the work'.” - Tara Brown, Hidden Leaf Foundation
Loving this Mapping the Mycelia series by Justice Funders 💛
medium.com/justice-fund...
Loving this Mapping the Mycelia series by Justice Funders 💛
medium.com/justice-fund...
A Transformative Journey: Toward a Regenerative Economy
By Tara Brown
medium.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:10 PM
“Who’d have thought a 'simple' pivot toward more deeply aligning our values and actions would lead to such inner turmoil? This is the beauty — and terror — of 'the work'.” - Tara Brown, Hidden Leaf Foundation
Loving this Mapping the Mycelia series by Justice Funders 💛
medium.com/justice-fund...
Loving this Mapping the Mycelia series by Justice Funders 💛
medium.com/justice-fund...
Tis the season of cocooning and obstinate hope...
"We do not need to 'wait for the revolution' because [Solidarity Economy] practices already exist all around us today. Our task is to make these practices visible, and to grow and connect them."
Revisiting: nonprofitquarterly.org/system-chang...
"We do not need to 'wait for the revolution' because [Solidarity Economy] practices already exist all around us today. Our task is to make these practices visible, and to grow and connect them."
Revisiting: nonprofitquarterly.org/system-chang...
System Change: A Basic Primer to the Solidarity Economy - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
COVID-19 teaches us the costs of ignoring solidarity. But can a solidarity economy really be built? And, if so, what would it look like?
nonprofitquarterly.org
December 13, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Tis the season of cocooning and obstinate hope...
"We do not need to 'wait for the revolution' because [Solidarity Economy] practices already exist all around us today. Our task is to make these practices visible, and to grow and connect them."
Revisiting: nonprofitquarterly.org/system-chang...
"We do not need to 'wait for the revolution' because [Solidarity Economy] practices already exist all around us today. Our task is to make these practices visible, and to grow and connect them."
Revisiting: nonprofitquarterly.org/system-chang...
Reposted by Kerry Leslie
➡️Telling President Biden to grant Executive Clemency for our relative: ndnco.cc/freeleonardpetition
☎️ Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email: comments@whitehouse.gov
🗳️ Contacting your Representatives: www.congress.gov/members/find...
☎️ Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email: comments@whitehouse.gov
🗳️ Contacting your Representatives: www.congress.gov/members/find...
To President Biden: Free Leonard Peltier, Grant Clemency Now
I just signed a @theactionnet petition: To President Biden: Free Leonard Peltier, Grant Clemency Now. Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/to-president-biden-free-leonard-peltier-grant-cleme...
ndnco.cc
December 12, 2024 at 2:56 PM
➡️Telling President Biden to grant Executive Clemency for our relative: ndnco.cc/freeleonardpetition
☎️ Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email: comments@whitehouse.gov
🗳️ Contacting your Representatives: www.congress.gov/members/find...
☎️ Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email: comments@whitehouse.gov
🗳️ Contacting your Representatives: www.congress.gov/members/find...
"True solidarity must not be rooted in transactional gains but rather in a spirit of reciprocity."
So much richness and insight in this piece by Trevor Smith and Savannah Romero! nonprofitquarterly.org/toward-solid...
#LandBack #Reparations #TruthAndHealing
So much richness and insight in this piece by Trevor Smith and Savannah Romero! nonprofitquarterly.org/toward-solid...
#LandBack #Reparations #TruthAndHealing
Toward Solidarity: Reparations and Land Back on California’s Horizon - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
: In California, two commissions seek to advance reparative justice. Can Indigenous and Black residents build the solidarity needed for success?
nonprofitquarterly.org
December 12, 2024 at 10:57 PM
"True solidarity must not be rooted in transactional gains but rather in a spirit of reciprocity."
So much richness and insight in this piece by Trevor Smith and Savannah Romero! nonprofitquarterly.org/toward-solid...
#LandBack #Reparations #TruthAndHealing
So much richness and insight in this piece by Trevor Smith and Savannah Romero! nonprofitquarterly.org/toward-solid...
#LandBack #Reparations #TruthAndHealing
Read this book! 📖
Listen to this book! 🎧
Imagine Everything for Everyone... 💛
Stories help us envision a better world - a more just, healthy, joyful world - and they help us feel connected to others struggling defiantly and lovingly for that better world.
www.commonnotions.org/everything-f...
Listen to this book! 🎧
Imagine Everything for Everyone... 💛
Stories help us envision a better world - a more just, healthy, joyful world - and they help us feel connected to others struggling defiantly and lovingly for that better world.
www.commonnotions.org/everything-f...
Everything For Everyone — Common Notions Press
www.commonnotions.org
November 23, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Read this book! 📖
Listen to this book! 🎧
Imagine Everything for Everyone... 💛
Stories help us envision a better world - a more just, healthy, joyful world - and they help us feel connected to others struggling defiantly and lovingly for that better world.
www.commonnotions.org/everything-f...
Listen to this book! 🎧
Imagine Everything for Everyone... 💛
Stories help us envision a better world - a more just, healthy, joyful world - and they help us feel connected to others struggling defiantly and lovingly for that better world.
www.commonnotions.org/everything-f...
“What if we envisioned a future either without or with a diminished role for investor-owned utilities?”
These are the conversations! (for renewable energy economy nerds, at least 😉)
🎧 Check out @ilsr.bsky.social's Local Energy Rules podcast w/ John Farrell & Mike Shriberg ilsr.org/articles/a-f...
These are the conversations! (for renewable energy economy nerds, at least 😉)
🎧 Check out @ilsr.bsky.social's Local Energy Rules podcast w/ John Farrell & Mike Shriberg ilsr.org/articles/a-f...
Envisioning a Future Without Investor-Owned Utilities - Episode 222 of Local Energy Rules - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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ilsr.org
November 22, 2024 at 5:56 PM
“What if we envisioned a future either without or with a diminished role for investor-owned utilities?”
These are the conversations! (for renewable energy economy nerds, at least 😉)
🎧 Check out @ilsr.bsky.social's Local Energy Rules podcast w/ John Farrell & Mike Shriberg ilsr.org/articles/a-f...
These are the conversations! (for renewable energy economy nerds, at least 😉)
🎧 Check out @ilsr.bsky.social's Local Energy Rules podcast w/ John Farrell & Mike Shriberg ilsr.org/articles/a-f...
"Because we're the good guys. ... And we're carrying the fire." - The Road
November 21, 2024 at 7:53 PM
"Because we're the good guys. ... And we're carrying the fire." - The Road