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📣 Application Alert from our friends at NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work). #grantpartner NEW's Champions for Change: "Leaders from across the social sector can grow in their abilities to lead from their values. Champions will uncover the implicit and explicit ways race has impacted their lived experiences. They'll practice dialogue across diverse aspects of identity. And they'll conspire with others to spur change towards racial co-liberation." "Champions for Change commit to a nine-month-long intensive leadership development program. Champions meet every two to three weeks in seven-hour sessions. Most sessions will take place in-person in Washtenaw County, however the program is open to leaders from across SE Michigan. Each session emphasizes building relationships, sharing stories, practicing deep listening, and skill-building. (We also make time to play and share meals together!)." Through this experience, leaders will: 📌 Deepen their understanding and skills for advancing social and racial justice, equity and inclusion. 📌 Enhance their emotional skills and practices of courage, resilience and compassion to sustain justice work. 📌 Honor the wisdom and experiences of the CFC community by uplifting their knowledge and expertise. 📌 Strengthen their relationships with other justice-focused leaders across SE Michigan. 📌 Identify and upend unjust policies, practices and procedures within their spheres of influence. 📌 Create the conditions for more BIPOC leaders to grow in their leadership across sectors and industries in SE Michigan. Learn more and apply by 9/9/24: https://lnkd.in/eC82ZCEs

💓 I'm grateful for Yodit Mesfin Johnson's leadership in this space. Please consider applying for NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work)'s Champions of Change cohort. Through this experience, you’ll: -Deepen your understanding and skills for advancing social and racial justice, equity and inclusion. -Enhance your emotional skills and practices of courage, resilience and compassion to sustain justice work. -Honor the wisdom and experiences of the CFC community by uplifting their knowledge and expertise. -Strengthen your relationships with other justice-focused leaders across SE Michigan. -Identify and upend unjust policies, practices and procedures within your spheres of influence. -Create the conditions for more BIPOC leaders to grow in their leadership across sectors and industries in SE Michigan. Key information about the program schedule and cost can be found on NEW's website. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTVTA2K9 📅 Deadline to apply is September 9

NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work) is doing great things in SE Michigan! Applications for the 2024-25 cohort of "Champions for Change" are now open. In Champions for Change, leaders from across the social sector in SE Michigan can grow in their abilities to lead from their values. Champions will uncover the implicit and explicit ways race has impacted their lived-experiences. They'll practice dialogue across diverse aspects of identity. And they'll conspire with others to spur change towards racial co-liberation.

As part of our work at United Network of Young Peacebuilders, the American Youth Advocacy Team (Am-YAT) is launching a Youth, Peace and Security Agenda in the Americas to promote meaningful youth engagement in policy and practice, at all levels of decision-making in the American region. 📣Your input is crucial to understand how youth can impact: 1️⃣ Conflict resolution and prevention 🕊️ 2️⃣ Advocacy for human rights, environment, and peace 🌱 3️⃣ Unity in diversity 🌎 Respond here: https://lnkd.in/eUkxiHCE

Request for Action - AmeriCorps Decreasing Polarization by Increasing Harmony In Our Communities Across America Your help please for the good of the common good. Our youth and young adults need to learn the importance and meaning of the word harmony outside of the music genre. In response to AmeriCorps CEO's statement that his third objective is "decreasing polarization" I have contacted the AmeriCorps Building Bridges Days of Service Director, asking if AmeriCorps would you be willing to promote, encourage, and foster the Harmony In Our Communities Across America concept. Decreasing Polarization - In CEO Michael Smith's AmeriCorps webinar of 01/11/2022 he pointed out that of his three major objective/focal points. The third being: #3. Decreasing Polarization Which to us means: #3 Increasing Harmonization (The action or process of making an attitude consistent and compatible.) This nation was founded by Harmonious Communities. An increase in an attitude of harmony must come before there can be a decrease in polarization and an increase in unity. We need to teach our children the meaning and importance of harmony outside the music room. A "Harmony In Our Communities Across America" AmeriCorps program in your state would contribute to changing attitudes and decreasing polarization in our nation?   We are seeking volunteers willing to promote, encourage and foster Harmony In Our Communities Across America, send us a message if you are willing to help.

Did you see The Black Public Defender Association's most recent report: "Reimagining Public Safety?" This report is the result of a year-long project that dives into Black Chicagoans' definitions of public safety. Collaborating with BlackRoots Alliance, Cook County Public Defender, and Northwestern University, the report emphasizes community voices, aiming to inform policymakers, funders, activists, and community groups for sustainable public safety reforms. Read it here!: https://lnkd.in/eHqVANUz

If you're a white supervisor interested in deepening your anti-racist approach in a supportive peer space, register for our next offering of Liberatory Principles & Practices for White Supervisors on Tuesday, July 30th! https://lnkd.in/gu6z9wps We often think of our healing and liberation as a garden that blossoms and thrives because we tend to it. Now, what happens when the pesky invasive species of white supremacy culture are set on destroying it? In our Liberatory Principles & Practices for White Supervisors training, we invite white social justice and nonprofit leaders to engage in this metaphor as a way to unpack and uproot how the characteristics of saviorism and defensiveness might be showing up in their supervision practices.

#Juneteenth commemorates the anniversary of June 19, 1865 – when the news of freedom arrived in Texas and reached the last remaining enslaved individuals.    Today is a day of celebration, marking the end of chattel slavery in the United States and the freedom of future generations. Today is also a reminder that there is so much more to be done in the name of justice and equality.    At MN8 Energy, we know that diverse perspectives drive innovation and propel us towards a brighter, more sustainable future. Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion starts in the workplace and extends into the communities we serve and beyond, as we work to create a more inclusive and equitable tomorrow.’  If you’re looking for an avenue to support change in your community, we suggest working with organizations like Black Girls Code, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Harlem Grown,The Carrie Meek Foundation and the South Florida People of Color, all of which are catalysts for progress for their local communities.    As we celebrate Juneteenth, let us renew our commitment to building a future where energy equity is a reality for every individual, regardless of background or circumstance.    Learn more about the history of Juneteenth below, via a powerful set of resources assembled by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture: https://lnkd.in/gqvPZFF

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