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Shared Language to Align
If you have a lake in front of your house and one fish is floating belly-up dead, it makes sense…
Ame Sanders
Founder of State of Inclusion. A seasoned leader & change-maker, she is focused on positive change within communities.
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The Many Roles of Art
I sometimes feel I’m in a daily struggle not to become a shallower version of myself...So I’m…
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Empathy Through Simulation
I open the envelope and read the description of my role for the afternoon.
I am a young single mother…
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Measuring Social Capital
I was intrigued by the work that Charlotte, North Carolina, had done with the help of the Brookings Institution to…
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Bridging Toward Acceptance
Some might call it a surprise when our First Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina offered a community concert by…
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Remembrance as a Path to Healing
In this soil, there is the sweat of the enslaved. In the soil there is the blood of victims of…
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Storytelling for Meaning-Making, Healing, and Identity
We don’t turn to story to escape reality, we turn to story to navigate reality. - Lisa Cron
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Durable and Lasting Containers for Growth
Each year, for the last twenty-one years, the YWCA in Madison, Wisconsin, has held a racial justice summit for their…
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Change at the Speed of Trust
In 2019, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Susan Glisson. Susan facilitates communities through a process called The Welcome…
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Partnerships for Scale and Reach
Employers as Community Change Agents
Employers have played and continue to play essential roles in helping many in our communities…
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In Communion
Communion
com·mun·ion /kəˈmyo͞onyən/ The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is…
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Storytelling to Build Trust
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin.…