Posts tagged #community
Deep, slow, intentional work
Deep, slow, intentional work

Just when some of us were starting to exhale, albeit tentatively and uneasily, with regards to the pandemic, the information coming out about the Delta variant over the past few weeks has been concerning and disheartening to many.

Speaking for myself, my anxiety is way up. I'm back to where a trip to the grocery store feels like a direct channel into all of humanity's hopes and fears, and I'm spending more time than I'd care to admit, or is healthy or helpful, "doom scrolling" on social media.

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Co-creating inclusionAlethea Fitzpatrick#DEIinapandemic, #emergentstrategy, #community
How can we meet community needs? Thoughts on in-person, hybrid or remote learning during a global pandemic
How can we meet community needs? Thoughts on in-person, hybrid or remote learning during a global pandemic

As many families grapple between choices of in-person, hybrid, or remote learning, I wanted to share some different articles that have helped me clarify my thinking.

Even if you are not a parent or caregiver, this is an important conversation to be aware of and part of - not only do you likely have friends, family and colleagues who are grappling with these issues, but these are community and systemic issues that impact us all.

Employers have a role too because they have the ability to mitigate the impossible math of working from home full time while your kids are at home full time trying to get an education, and that, as always, disproportionately impacts those already most impacted including BIPOC, low income, and essential worker families and especially the women in those families.

For those who hastily proclaimed that Black Lives Matter these past couple of months, it's time to act like they do.

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Dismantling oppressionAlethea Fitzpatrick#blacklivesmatter, #onlineschool, #DEIinapandemic, #DEIforthelonghaul, #disruption, #schools, #community, #radicalimagination