Journey to Transformation

Space invaders, manspreading, and side-eyes When you become attuned to the racism, power, and privilege around you, it's impossible to turn it off. For Teia, and people of colour everywhere that is part of daily life. Lauren and Teia talk about how this is showing up in the most unexpected places.

Things we mentioned:

Organisation and event space: Chatham House

Organisation: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Event: Black perspectives on international relations*

Speaker: Dr. Jenna Marshall - Lecturer at Kings College London

Speaker: Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou - ODI

Speaker: Dr. Awino Okech - Associate Professor of Political Sociology - SOAS

Shop: Planet Organic

*Note, this session was not under Chatham House Rules

Trigger warning: This episode discusses instances of racism and the effects it can have on your mental health. If you need support, these organisations can help:

www.blackmindsmatteruk.com

www.rethink.org

www.mind.org.uk

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To Martha Awojbi, dismantling the imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist, cis heteropatriarchy is the only thing that matters. From being held by Maya Angelou to street fundraising to anti-racism training Martha takes no bullshit in the sector. We try and understand why the non-profit sector is stuck behind a wall of buzzwords and fails to get to the root of the problem, white supremacy. Join us alongside the dreamers, the spreadsheet lovers, the grumpy people, the evaluators, and everyone else who needs to get involved in dismantling white supremacy. Let's start here.

Martha Awojobi, is the Founder, Director, and fearless leader of JMB Consulting. After spending ten years working in the charity and philanthropic sector, she was disappointed (like us!) to find the potential of transformation harboured oppression and racism. Martha now works in colation with organisations that are serious about liberation and also curates the #BAMEOnline series. A series that helps people of colour navigate the non-profit sector. You can find out more about Martha's work here.

Things we mentioned:

1. Book: What white people can do next by Emma Dabiri
2. Civil rights activist: Maya Angelou 
3. Learning: BAME Online Scholar for radical anti-racist learning
4. Author: Toni Morrison
5. Lawyer and Activist: Mari Matsuda
6. Quote: "The Master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" by Audre Lorde, 1979.
7. Book: Race to the Bottom: Reclaiming anti-racism by Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee
8. Lawyer, Politician, and rights activist: Stacey Abrahams 

Trigger Warning: Martha, Teia, and Lauren discuss instances of racism and frequently refer to white supremacy. This can be triggering and hard to hear. If you need support, these organisations can help:

https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/

www.blackmindsmatteruk.com

www.rethink.org

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Ever been the victim of unwanted humanitarian intervention? Teia talks us through an unwanted intervention and some pretty huge assumptions that were made about her needs! This leads Lauren and Teia into a well-timed tenuous link; let's talk needs assessments! Non-profit organisations carry out assessments at the beginning of projects to determine what services or support people need. But how well are they really listening!?

Things we mention:

1) Nexus programming - now this is a concept we mention A LOT. This is the idea that humanitarian work (think a short-term response to support people affected by an earthquake), development work (think building schools, training people how to build motorbikes) and peace work (think helping to unite groups in conflict), come together to operate as one programme. Previously they often worked in silos. You can find out more about 'Nexus' programming here.

2) Podcast: Sounds like a Cult

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Lauren and Teia still have questions about all these buzzwords; intersectionality, decolonisation, anti-racism and feminist approaches. What do they actually mean? We are joined by Sanjukta Moorthy to help us understand what we are really saying when we throw out a bunch of 'in-vogue' buzzwords. Sanjukta is a planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning consultant from south India, based in Barcelona. She’s the founder and director of The SMC Group, a boutique consultancy firm that’s queer, feminist, and anti-racist. Her consultancy work involves advisory support and skill building. She aims to demystify monitoring and evaluation by making it interesting and engaging.

You can find out more about Sanjukta's work and the SMC group here: https://www.thesmc.group/

Things we mentioned:

Organisation: Open Society Foundations https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/

Organisation: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

European Evaluation Society Conference

The Peregrine Monitoring and Evaluation community: https://evalpartners.community/peregrine

Bond: https://bond.org.uk/

Malcolm X quote: "Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do, or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know, today".

The Bretton Woods Conference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_Conference

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Ever find yourself in a difficult situation with your manager? Or perhaps you are wondering how others are dealing with non-profit dysfunctions? Lauren and Teia take a look at "Ask a Manager". Ask a Manager is a website that allows anyone to email questions and issues they might have with a manager or organisation. They are then answered by a manager and publicly available for others to comment and advise. We came across a few posts, and Lauren just had to ask Teia (a manager) what she would recommend! For example, what do you do if someone refuses to use your pronouns? What do you say to a man who feels excluded from diversity and inclusion training targeted at women? CAUTION: Saltiness and disbelief included.

You can check out Ask a Manager by Alison Green here - https://www.askamanager.org/ask-a-question

Trigger Warning: Lauren and Teia discuss instances of bullying and harassment at work. This can be triggering and hard to hear. If you need support, these organisations can help:

https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/

www.blackmindsmatteruk.com

www.rethink.org

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Time for a recap, where are we on this journey to transformation? Pause and reflect with Lauren and Teia as they recap on over 30 episodes!

We reflect on increased attunement and feeling braver, the human element, negative sides of transformation, inspirational episodes, what conversations aren't finished, who else we'd like to talk to and MUCH MORE.

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We talk about SEX and the R WORD.

Yes, it is EXACTLY what you were not thinking. We are joined by the fabulous Lana Woolf, Co-founder and Director of Edge Effect, an organisation that assists humanitarian and development organisations to work in genuine partnerships with sexual and gender minorities or LGBTIQ+ people. Lana's passion for her work echoes across this episode, where we discuss four underlying norms that cause discrimination against sexual and gender minorities:

1) Hetronormitivity

2) Cisnormitivity

3) Gender Binarism

4) Endo-sexism

You can find out more about Edge Effect and its fantastic work here.

Things we mention:

CSOs: Civil Society Organisations

SOGIESC: stands for sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, and sexual characteristics. You can find an explanation of the terminology they use here.

WASH: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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Lauren is on a lifelong journey to understanding racism and her own role in causing harm. From swimming to festivals, examples of racism, misogyny, and exclusion are everywhere. All this attunement has left Lauren with some questions. Who better to ask, than Teia!? This episode asks questions like, how do you call out racism in a meeting room? What if you notice there are no people of colour or minority groups invited to a meeting you have just turned up to? Is it ever appropriate to where another group's cultural dress? The questions you were too afraid to ask...

We would love to hear from you! Send us an email at [email protected] or a message on Instagram with your questions and we'll read them out in a future episode.

Things we talk about:

Book: Data Feminism by By Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein

Podcast: Visible women by Caroline Criado Perez

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'Let go or be dragged' is a Zen proverb meaning to let go of repeated cycles that make us miserable. Sabrina Joy Stevens helps us do just that. She masterfully takes ethical storytelling, misinformation, disinformation, and co-liberation, turns it all on its head, and adds JOY. That’s right, we came away from this one feeling HOPEFUL! And for Teia, that’s saying a lot. Sabrina Joy Stevens is an accomplished movement-builder, storyteller, and strategist (and "occasional troublemaker", we love those!) We learn what ethical storytelling means, how to neutralize disinformation and how to intentionally work toward freedom.  

Sabrina has a consultancy "Sabijoy Creative Solutions" and can help you and your organisation cultivate brave and joyful strategic communications and campaigns for justice. Find out more at: https://www.sabrinajoystevens.com or follow Sabrina on Twitter: @realsabijoy

Things we talk about:

Report: Ukrainian fighting tactics endanger civilians by Amnesty International

Article: The Ethics of non-profit story-telling, survivor porn, and parading trauma by Non-profit Quarterly

Book: The New Human Rights Movement by Peter Joseph

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Leadership in non-profit organisations and across the humanitarian and development sector is often under scrutiny. Leaders are required to create a shared vision across dispersed individuals against the backdrop of complex humanitarian and development contexts. It is not easy. But could there be a new angle of introspection to learn what promising leadership looks like? PLOT TWIST. Below Deck is a Bravo reality TV show that follows yacht crews as they work looking after guests out at sea. Lauren and Teia unashamedly love it! So in an interesting turn of events (i.e. watching lots of episodes for research), Lauren and Teia take a closer look at Below Deck crew leadership qualities and what non-profits can learn.

SPOILER ALERT: Lauren and Teia talk about examples from across the Below Deck series in no particular order so there may be some revealing insights if you haven't seen them all yet! Below Deck is available to watch on Netflix and Hulu.

Things we mentioned:

Book: Communicating across cultures by Stella Ting-Toomey and Tenzin Dorjee 

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