Natalie Audelo
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Natalie Audelo
Why were we taught that to be worthy of our own love we have to be exceptional?
Andrea Gibson • Why Self-Love Is So Hard To Achieve
In Iran, Pistachios are known as the “smiling nut.” In China, the “happy nut.” And in some cultures, cracking Pistachios is considered a good omen — possibly due to their aphrodisiac properties. Legends tell that the Queen of Sheba (present day Yemen) loved Pistachos so much, she demanded all of her kingdom’s Pistachios be reserved for her and her ... See more
Crack Yourself Open
In addition to tracking the impact your program is having on the organizations you’re supporting and the beneficiaries they serve, track the halo effect your program is having on your own community .
I regret not integrating questions around how the existence of Airbnb.org impacted community members' decision to join Airbnb and their desire to cont... See more
I regret not integrating questions around how the existence of Airbnb.org impacted community members' decision to join Airbnb and their desire to cont... See more
David Spinks • How to Activate your Community for Impact
Our lives are bereft of ways to see people in the low-effort, regular, and repeating ways our brains were designed to connect through.
Rosie Spinks • The Friendship Problem
So philanthropy under this rubric is not about creating sanctuaries from or alternatives to the demands of capitalism. The benevolence, if you can call it that, is in giving people from the underclass a chance to succeed by its rules. With, of course, very patronizing and constraining surveillance from the funder. It’s neoliberal brainworms all the... See more
The Problems of Modern Philanthropy
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Martin Luther King Jr. // "Power, properly understood, is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political, or economic changes. In this sense power is not only desirable but necessary in order to implement the demands of love and justice. One of the greatest problems of history is that the concepts of love and power are usually contrasted as polar opposites. Love is identified with a resignation of power and power with a denial of love. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love."
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