Are you feeling rundown, overwhelmed, overworked, and just plain over it? Join Ayodele and Natasha in a CommunityBuild Ventures presentation of GOTF, a five part video series discussing the ways in which our daily stressors–when left unchecked–lead to burnout. Get...
A strong organizational culture is the basis of any successful operation, as it defines the unified vision, values, beliefs that bring the members of their team to work in harmony. In fact, 47% of active job seekers note that company...
To round out the end of Pride month, I want to talk about using inclusive language in everyday life. Language is a reflection of culture, and if we are determined to transform culture, it is imperative that we are intentional...
CBV has continually observed organizational approaches in racial equity from a “do then learn approach” framework. This do then learn approach often furthers the tenants of white supremacy because it does not reckon with the reality of inequity to create...
In my last blog, I discussed the history of Pride and and how the movement spawned by the Stonewall Riots has led to over 50 years of queer resistance.This resistance has been fueled by Black and Indigenous queer People of...
June is internationally known as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. During this month, LGBTQ+ people celebrate and remember the strong history of queer resistance. Pride Month has taken many forms since its inception. Today, Pride is parades, proms, brunches, marches, or protests....
“Change culture and you change lives. You can also change the course of history...When strategy competes with culture, culture wins every time. This is one of the reasons why the most brilliant anti-white supremacy strategies in the world have failed to dislodge white-body supremacy from our culture...But we can never belong to a strategy. We can never belong to a movement, either, though we can be part of it. We can only belong to a culture.”
“..institutions commonly and unconsciously assume POC [People of Color] who are invited into the institution should not only be grateful but should also want to be like the white people who invited them.”
"Education can’t save us, we have to save education - To love all children, we must struggle to create schools we are taught to believe are impossible: Schools built on justice, love, and anti-racisim."
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