Gretchen Gigley of Southface Reflects on Earth Month
We met Gretchen nearly a decade ago (!) when she came to Sol with the Clean Air Campaign. (OnAir is still one of our favorite projects of all time!) Now, she serves the incredible Southface Institute as a Program Manager on the Regenerative Places + Spaces team. She has inspired us for years to protect …
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“An Ecology of Wonder”: Our Earth Day Interview with Rev. Kate Mosley of GIPL
One of the best parts of our line of work at Sol is that we meet so many incredible leaders. One of these leaders is Reverend Kate Mosley of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light. As executive director of GIPL, Reverend Mosley brings her passion for caring for the Earth to people of all faiths. Her …
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Another Amazing Education Anew Convening: Reflections from the Sol Team
Last month, Sol was honored to cover another moving Education Anew: Shifting Justice (EASJ2018) convening, sponsored by two clients, Andrus Family Fund and Communities for Just Schools Fund. The event brought together organizers, advocates and youth who have dedicated their lives to creating safe and supportive schools, closing youth jails and prisons, ending the criminalization …
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Systems of Oppression Are Designed: Reflections on Harvard’s Black in Design 2017
Systems of oppression, injustices, and inequities are designed. I already spend a lot of time thinking about design and just how many fields intersect with design. This slide from Antoinette Carroll’s presentation on building an equity movement reminds me that every decision, every feature of every object and system is the direct result of a …
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Was My Grandmother a Designer? Reflections on Harvard’s Black in Design 2017
What does it mean to be black in design? Does its complexity warrant a conference? If good design connects us all intrinsically, how can race transform itself into yet another barrier and place us in these seats (also designed)? And was my grandmother a designer? We’re at Harvard–yet she looks like the women in this …
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Finding Hope: Reflections on a Tragic Month
Part I: I Am Alton’s Mom Who do you think of when you hear the name Alton? For me, I think of my son. But after July 5, I can’t help but think about another Alton and it angers and saddens me. My son’s name will forever be a reminder of our country’s current state. …
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