PEAK2023 social media moments. Trending on CONNECT. Weekly Reads.

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** INSIGHT
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** Our PEAK2023 Social Wall: Creating a new space for community sharing
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At PEAK2023 Baltimore, our community used our social media wall to cultivate a space where they could capture convening highlights and share the joy of connecting in person once again. Revisit some of the inspiring ideas and high-energy moments in these highlights.
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* Staying (cyber) safe when traveling ([link removed])

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** Upcoming Events
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May 25
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Highlights, Ideas, and Takeaways From PEAK2023 (PEAK Northeast) ([link removed])

June 7
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PEAK2023 Aha Moments (PEAK Rocky Mountain) ([link removed])

June 7
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Leading Without the Title (PEAK Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, Southern California, and Philanthropy New York) ([link removed])

June 8
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Salem Monthly Coffee Hour (PEAK Pacific Northwest) ([link removed])
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** Weekly Reads
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“Tema Okun’s ‘White Supremacy Culture’ ([link removed]) has become ubiquitous across the progressive movement in recent years ... which identifies characteristics of ‘white supremacy culture,’ including perfectionism, a sense of urgency, defensiveness, worship of the written word, objectivity, and the right to comfort ... The Forge brought together five longtime racial justice leaders—Sendolo Diaminah, Scot Nakagawa, Rinku Sen, Sean Thomas-Breitfield, and Lori Villarosa—to discuss why the paper resonates, the problems with relying on it to criticize organizational practices, and the path forward for racial justice work.” [more] ([link removed])

“To start, I believe [DEI] looks like an organization actively committed to a set of values. To achieve real change, those values must be rooted in a formal acknowledgment of the organization’s history, and complicity in oppression and inequity of any form. That commitment then serves as a base from which we can apply each argument and build an accompanying action plan, and truly begin the work toward tangible, sustainable change.” [more] ([link removed])
Amira Barger, for Nonprofit Quarterly

Leading With Courage is a new report from Philanthropy Southeast that examines the forces influencing Southern communities and looks at the ways philanthropy is adapting to meet the region’s evolving needs. [more] ([link removed])

“Advancing equity in and for rural communities is a unique challenge. When impacted by crises—economic or otherwise—rural areas are typically harder hit than urban areas and take longer to recover, yet the public and private financial resources allocated to rural areas are disproportionately low. Rural leaders must also navigate the tension between cultural values like neighborliness and rugged individualism. In rural communities, which are neither culturally nor politically homogeneous, diversity is an especially vital asset. As rural leaders identify, embrace, and build on the strength of that diversity, they create bridges of understanding across seemingly insurmountable cultural and political divides.” [more] ([link removed])
Brian Carey Sims, Jomoworks, for Stanford Social Innovation Review

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