Category: Community
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Navigating Alternative Perspectives with Confidence
We live in incredibly fraught times and it seems like there are so many angry people just shouting past each other. There has to be a better way to have more constructive dialog that better serves us. It can be an enormous challenge to maintain an open mind while holding onto our deeply cherished beliefs.…
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Leading Bird Leadership
In Edgar Villanueve’s book Decolonizing Wealth, he tells the story of how he got his Indian name, Leading Bird, and the significance it implies. He was to be a leader to his people, but what’s more interesting and more important is how a leading bird accomplishes this. In the migratory formation, each bird positions itself…
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Decolonizing Wealth: A Call to Action for Philanthropy
Our university garnered a record number of gifts and dollars this past Wednesday for Giving Day in no small part due to funds aimed at historically marginalized communities. The Office of Diversity & Inclusion led all departments with 1,321 donors and many funds in the Division of Student Affairs also went to underserved communities here…
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Elevating Connections 8-Minutes at a Time
I was listening to Simon Sinek’s podcast, A Bit of Optimism, recently and he and his guest were talking about something so simple, but something that I feel alludes a lot us men – “how to be a friend.” How do we show up, how do we support, how do we let our friends know…
Zimri Diaz 