GroundWork Lessons From the Field P1.2 • 2 min read • Empathy Through Simulation I open the envelope and read the description of my role for the afternoon. I am a young single mother…
• 3 min read • Measuring Social Capital I was intrigued by the work that Charlotte, North Carolina, had done with the help of the Brookings Institution to…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P3.1 • 3 min read • Bridging Toward Acceptance Some might call it a surprise when our First Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina offered a community concert by…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P2.2 • 5 min read • 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…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P2.1 • 3 min read • 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 It…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P1.1 • 4 min read • 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…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P3.1 • 7 min read • 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…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P1.2 • 2 min read • 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…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P2.2 • 4 min read • In Communion Communion com·mun·ion /kəˈmyo͞onyən/ The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P2.1 • 4 min read • Storytelling to Build Trust Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin.…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P3.2 • 4 min read • Living Into Our Values The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who…
GroundWork Lessons From the Field P2.1 • 4 min read • Music For Our Journey Toward Equity I don’t sing. Let me clarify. What I mean is I don’t sing well, and I don’t…