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fundraising, communications + strategy grounded in social + racial justice

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$90 million raised

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Photo of a wide tree-lined street in my neighborhood with a puffy-cloud blue sky above
November 23, 2020October 21, 2024Personal philosophy, Racial and social justice

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Thanksgiving reflections on this morning’s coffee walk: 27 years ago, I was a very green college grad struggling in my first “real” job at a management consultancy in Silicon Valley. I just didn’t fit in with my ladder-climbing, MBA-worshipping peers and it was making me miserable since I hadn’t yet been able to imagine a […]

Black and white photo of "a group of escaped former slaves" as used in the Smithsonian Magazine article about Mr. Anderson's letter to his former enslaver
November 14, 2020October 21, 2024Racial and social justice

Our national debt

Today I stumbled upon this brilliant letter written in 1865 by Jourdan Anderson to his former enslaver, Colonel P.H. Anderson. Spoiler alert: Surprise surprise, the enslaver did not respond by paying back the wages of $11,680 owed to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson for the labor stolen from them. I just did the math, and with […]

November 8, 2020October 21, 2024Racial and social justice

We liberate before we unite

We liberate before we unite. That’s how we do this. White folks, let’s wring our hands less about inclusion for the people who oppose our values, and work much more to include the people we supposedly value whose voices have always been suppressed. One ballot dropbox per county and we shrug and say “Texas went […]

November 6, 2020October 21, 2024Racial and social justice

I promise you

Before it’s official, before the celebration begins, I have a promise to make. To my Black, Indigenous, and people of color friends. LGBTQ+ friends. Friends who can get pregnant. Muslim friends. Immigrant friends. Friends with disabilities and illnesses. Friends who love people who are any of these things. I will never forget that the majority […]

Pastel-toned vintage photo of a 1960s supermarket aisle filled with women and men pushing carts. A sign on the wood-paneled wall reads "Where Shopping is a Pleasure."
November 1, 2020October 21, 2024Racial and social justice

Intersection in the grocery aisle

SCENE: Two days ago. My neighborhood grocery store. It’s small, old-fashioned. The narrow aisles barely allow Dude to push his cart past mine, never mind six feet of distancing. Dude is my age. Dude is White. Dude is wearing a neck gaiter. It is currently uselessly gaitering his neck. We make eye contact. I give […]

Photo of me leaving my polling place on Nov. 8, 2016. I am wearing a suffragette-white sleeveless dress and I have an "I Voted" sticker over my heart. I'm standing on green grass with an American flag behind me.
October 23, 2020October 21, 2024Racial and social justice

“I’ve always known.”

SCENE: December 2016. Nonprofit event. Lots of folks I haven’t seen since before The Election. Near the food table, I’m delighted to run into a colleague who’s a Black man. We hug and start catching up: ME: *does the thing I’ve been starting every conversation with for a month* Oh my god, isn’t it awful? […]

Animation cel of Mr. and Mrs. Jetson soaring through the air with jetpacks on their backs and their heads encased in glass bubbles
September 4, 2020October 21, 2024Racial and social justice

Me and my jetpack

Hey friends. As you may have noticed, I’m a white Jewish curly-haired woman who urgently wants to be part of the racial justice movement. So is Jessica Krug, formerly known as Jess La Bombera, which was a completely false AfroLatina persona she invented to steal unearned trust and resources from the people she purported to […]

Old photo of a man on a beach with seagulls and children
August 22, 2020October 21, 2024Personal philosophy

That reminds me of the classic story

I’m turning into my father. We used to make fun of him and his so-called “Classic Stories.” Then yesterday I’m on a call (zoom of course) and my colleague says, “Such a relief, today it’s only 95 degrees after all this time at plus-100.” And I go, “That reminds me of the classic story.” Silence. […]

Grainy image of the cover of the 1970's band Chicago's "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" album
August 9, 2020October 21, 2024Racial and social justice

Not hard for me to say I’m sorry

I’m in a big tight-knit facebook group about a shared interest that shall not be named, to preserve everyone’s privacy. Last week, it exploded into a very painful and acrimonious fight in which Black and Latinx participants called out the racism that they had been experiencing in the group’s online interactions – and a handful […]

Statue of President Andrew Jackson on horseback, in Lafayette Square with the White House in the background and the word "KILLER" spray-painted on the statue's base
July 4, 2020October 21, 2024Racial and social justice

When is a lie the truth?

“Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children.” Guess what? I agree completely. Many in this country insist mercilessly, at any cost up to and including terrible violence, on ignoring the realities of slavery, genocide, and continuing white supremacy that are […]

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