Have you ever felt the grief of blocked passion? Like you’re fighting an uphill battle? Author and non-profit leader Hawah Kasat understands these experiences well and joins Jenn in this episode to talk about how he faced the red tape, competitive fundraising, and the feeling that you’re just not doing enough with his non-profit One Common Unity for 20 years. He shares the failures of the non-proft sector and how its shortcomings left him with a loss of hope and worries that he’s been doing the wrong work for decades. Hawah also speaks about the loss of his mentee, Nate, to gun violence and the challenge of showing up as a community leader and holding space when deling with that loss himself. Listen for a profound conversation about the barriers to systemic change that we face as a society, the grief we feel as a result of injustice and harm, and Hawah’s vision for a better way forward.

 

Resources:

Connect with Hawah on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn

Learn more about Hawah’s work on his website: https://hawah.us/

Listen to Hawah’s TedX Talk ‘How Greed Could Save the World’

 

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