Now in Northern MN: Our Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard was just pulled over while driving with Jane Seymour Fonda & others - subjected to one of the baseless, illegal stops executed by law enforcement in service of Enbridge Line 3 pipeline to harass and suppress resistance

🎥 Watch Mara explain: In MN near Line 3, police “are being incentivized to stop and harass anyone they believe is associated with the Native people’s struggle against Line 3." Local sheriffs are being funded by Enbridge corporation via the “Public Safety Escrow Trust” to do this

These extraordinary times and circumstances of call for extraordinary measures. The US supports the waiver of IP protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic and we’ll actively participate in @WTO negotiations to make that happen.

Oh, this was something. Study history folks. Everything old is new again, including motivations.

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2021/05/20/us/…

Walking Manhattan Bridge for first time...but wishing it was the Brooklyn Bridge. Sigh

Eye opening esp why and how Patagonia switched to organic cotton. We need more than B Corps and SDGs to save the planet. But this is a compelling story of living values authentically and innovating to do so. insights.som.yale.edu/insights/how-p…

A very good listen. open.spotify.com/episode/1NMco6…

“The work of the new Open Society Fellows is urgently needed. COVID-19 exposed the unvarnished realities of long-term, systemic inequality. More than ever, we need bold interventions.” - Alethia Jones opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/five-…

Changes in nonprofit leadership are surging. Newly-appointed nonprofit leaders speak out about how funders and others can strengthen and empower them to create smarter partnerships that support transformation and resilience. opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/i…

Delighted to support Austin Thompson as he launches his podcast by being his first guest. It's a quick 13' listen. See the show notes for a link to our recently released report published by my team at the New Executives Fund at Open Society Foundations. missionplus.substack.com/p/listen-ideas…

Ownership of 523 acres of a redwood forest in California was returned to 10 native tribes who will serve as the land’s guardians, a conservation nonprofit said. The area was the hunting, fishing and ceremonial grounds of generations of Indigenous people. nyti.ms/3rQXr6f

We spoke to the workers who are organizing to form a union at the Memphis store. Starbucks is running one of its most aggressive union-busting campaigns in the country.

So proud to have been a part of the Movement Lab, joining with funders devoted to Moving Money to Movements

Project South's Movement Organizing Fellowship program, a 2-yr intensive cohort based in the U.S. South. Research, cross-frontline strategy development & power-building. 30-35 hrs/wk; travel or weekend work min 1x/mo. $60k. Full healthcare benefits. APPLY: bit.ly/MovementOrgani…

Join me in raising money for Third Wave Fund!! via Givebutter givebutter.com/sGmMzD

I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Support Highlander Defend Its Historic Civil Rights Legacy . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/public…

Can we celebrate the "half-loaf" of the Inflation Reduction Act? We must learn how to do so if our movements are going to thrive. Read Daniel Hunter's article, then get a DJ and cry and dance in community. wagingnonviolence.org/2022/08/why-cl…

Chicago friends! Please join Women & Children First at Haymarket House this Friday, Sept. 16 at 7 PM CT, for a reading, conversation and book-signing for #NoMorePolice, featuring co-authors Andrea Ritchie also @dreanyc123.bsky.social (in-person) and NYC Tw*tterati (virtually). Get your tickets now! womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/site-eve…

Hi everyone, sharing this info. insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/9/6/…