Lifelong advocate for racial and economic equity | Host of the Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life podcast and Radical Imagination podcast. Views are my own.
The galvanizing force of a new national story will lie in its vision of the future. It is the easiest part of the story to tell because we need only to look at dynamic equity-driven movements and their leaders for a vision of a truly multiracial democracy.
These leaders, among countless others, are creating models for collective action. They are translating the energy of movements into organizations, which can represent the durability and power of the work and sustain long-term action to build a robust multiracial democracy.
https://lnkd.in/gCRZpxcx#MultiRacialDemocracy#ReimaginingDemocracy#Leadership
Stanford Social Innovation ReviewAngela Glover Blackwell
#How #We #Achieve #a #Multiracial #Democracy #Spring2023
"America needs a new story—one that is honest and inspiring, and that doesn’t shy away from its racial history—to guide us toward realizing a thriving multiracial democracy."
Very powerful …. Interesting to see the various “swim lanes “ catalogued. Given the 60 year erosion of institutional trust (gov, religion, press, etc.) I am wondering what the glue of a more perfect union might be for the average person.
#politics#nobelprize
I had commented on this article from SSIR in 2023 on LinkedIn, but the following is a variation of my earlier comment from about a year ago.
There is considerable handwringing, in particular from the Democrats that American democracy is at grave risk, and so is global democracy, and that America must go to war to preserve, protect, and advance the post-World War II legacy of FDR around the world.
Who said the West was ever a democracy? Democracy in the West is aspirational.
It died in darkness The Washington Post after the city state of Athens lost the Peloponnesian War to Sparta and Socrates chose death by hemlock after his trial by the “honorable men” of Athenian democracy over compromise suggested by his aristocratic pupil and benefactor Plato who wrote the dialogs with Socrates as the protagonist.
So it has been everywhere around the world.
It is a specious argument to make, for example, being made in India by the Hindu far right of prime minister Narendra Modi’s partisan handlers that Gandhi is not a great soul, he was an agent of the British, permitted the most violent partition which killed nearly 2 million Indians, therefore was a very violent man and his assassination by a Hindu fundamentalist, Nathuram Godse with a gun at point blank range was, in fact, patriotism and not a crime.
India is now firmly set on the path of geopolitical militancy akin to the West, to grow its economy in support of AUKUS and QUAD. And so is Japan returning to its militant imperialism, getting ready to end its constitutional pacifism which outlaws war, by justifying it as preparation for self-defense against an assertive China.
Politics has always been undemocratic because the spectre of the economy has always haunted humanity, feudalism or industrialism, from well before Karl Marx and unresolved by the Greeks before him since antiquity and all others everywhere around the world, held hostage by the strongmen.
When we solve the economic problem, we will also solve the democracy problem.
War does not preserve, protect, and advance democracy nor do the Cold War and the post-9/11 surveillance states of Harry Truman since 1948.
War kills more people than non-violence kills by Henry David Thoreau’s, Mahatma Gandhi’s, MLK Jr.’s and Nelson Mandela’s civil disobedience.
Non-violent civil disobedience kills not because the civil disobedient are violent but because the aggressor is violent toward the civil disobedient and is put to shame.
It is critical for the future of humanity to think humanity. Not West, East, North, and South.
Only then will the world ever have democracy, of the Jeffersonian kind, the compromise Socrates ought to have made with Athens rather than drink hemlock to kill himself https://lnkd.in/eJZn5aGH.
Lifelong advocate for racial and economic equity | Host of the Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life podcast and Radical Imagination podcast. Views are my own.
The galvanizing force of a new national story will lie in its vision of the future. It is the easiest part of the story to tell because we need only to look at dynamic equity-driven movements and their leaders for a vision of a truly multiracial democracy.
These leaders, among countless others, are creating models for collective action. They are translating the energy of movements into organizations, which can represent the durability and power of the work and sustain long-term action to build a robust multiracial democracy.
https://lnkd.in/gCRZpxcx#MultiRacialDemocracy#ReimaginingDemocracy#Leadership
"...what is the utility of empathy as a leadership skill when it enables us to deny any complicity with the root causes of people’s suffering?"
Leila Billing asks in yet another brilliant reflection article, this time on how we practice empathy in feminist leadership.
Senior advisor on gender, youth and movement building;
Co-founder We Are Feminist Leaders, Trustee Gender and Development Network
🌟 Empathy is a much-lauded leadership skill. But does it always deliver what it promises? Can feminists concerned with radical change imagine beyond the versions of empathy that are being sold to us? Yes we can! I wrote about it... #feminism#leadershiphttps://lnkd.in/eg2Z4jyS
🌟 Empathy is a much-lauded leadership skill. But does it always deliver what it promises? Can feminists concerned with radical change imagine beyond the versions of empathy that are being sold to us? Yes we can! I wrote about it... #feminism#leadershiphttps://lnkd.in/eg2Z4jyS
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If you are in Chicago on Nov. 14, I hope you'll join me at Mainstage Chicago for the launch of Karen Brown's new book, "The Leaders You Need: How to Create Diverse Leadership Teams for a More Dynamic, Resilient Future." Karen will be in conversation with Wendyjean Barrett, talking about how to fix what's broken with DEI.
The book comes out next week. Bring your copy to get it signed, and connect with other current and aspiring leaders! Register in advance on Eventbrite for "The Stage Is Set: Let's Discuss How to Fix What's Broken With DEI." #theleadersyouneed#DEI#Chicago#ghostwriter
A powerful reminder for leaders, both new and experienced. Part of good leadership is knowing when to step back, while your team shines. Don’t forget though, that your team can’t shine without effort on your part. Empowering them means clearly defining what success looks like and supporting them with tools they can use to get there.
#AudreLorde#PrideMonth#leadership#empowerothers#FierceFridays#MirrorMirrorStrategies
Audre Lorde was a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, and poet”. Her words have shaped many generations of activists, and this one here feels more timely than ever.
“Leaders, it’s our ultimate task to help our teams define themselves at work and empower them to do the work. The more we can empower others, the more positive change we’ll see.”
As you head into the weekend, how do you plan to empower others this month?
#FierceFridays#AudreLorde#PrideMonth#Pride#Pride2024#safespaces#lgbtqia#loveislove#empowerothers#leadership#FindYourFierce#fiercenotfears
Coach Walz leads the team with a powerful DNC debut, blending his personal story with a strong message of freedom. His heartfelt, genuine approach showcased the leadership and values we need right now. I write about how his coaching background and emotional connection made this speech a standout moment.
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Cultural Economist helping leaders build a common ground of understanding and collaboration on race and economic equity
9moHere's a new national narrative that hides in plain sight. Yet it is banned from being taught in K-12 schools. Let's work together to change this racialized dynamic. Reflections in White History You Might Never Learn in School https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflections-white-history-you-might-never-learn-school-mike-green-wlodc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via