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Discussion CategoriesGrants and Funding Opportunities
Closes 01/30 - Get $25,000 to help Gen Z’ers meet β€œIRL” and weave connection
Kristyn Feldman Wow. This makes so much sense and yet I never thought I would read something like that! [ more ]
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Discussion CategoriesGrants and Funding Opportunities
Working with incarcerated or formerly incarcerated folks?
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Discussion CategoriesGrants and Funding Opportunities
Closes 02/16 - Get up to $50,000 for projects that increase economic mobility in your community

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Discussion CategoriesGrants and Funding Opportunities
Closes 02/22 - Be an Aspen Food Leader Fellow

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Discussion CategoriesGrants and Funding Opportunities
Closes 03/01 - Get a grant to support your community gardening
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Discussion CategoriesGrants and Funding Opportunities
Closes 02/15 -- $10,000 for literacy programs operating near Dollar General stores

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Learning Center DiscussionsGatherings
What have you learned when conversations get hard?
Maria Oah That's a really great learning, @Carol Wilson . There's so much power in slowing down and noticing what's happening in a conversation. [ more ]
Carol Wilson I have learned that it is helpful to be an observer of the conversation, even when a participant, which allows me to stay curious and interested in the other and direct my personal investment to our relationship rather than to my participation and position. [ more ]
Roger Gustafson One major learning I've received in difficult conversations is my tendency to close down or defend when conflict arises. I need to be alert to this tendency and challenge myself to stay with the conversation when I sense it rising up. Another learning is the freedom to choose how I see a hard conversation. I can choose the perspective of seeing it as an unpleasant exchange or as an opportunity to learn. [ more ]
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Learning Center DiscussionsStorytelling
Share your Story of Self with weavers
Wendy Yehia ❀️
Elizabeth Dishman Thank you for sharing your story, Rachel! I'm struck by the difference between "mold" and "weave" that you intuitively pursued. Lots of complex threads you've integrated so skillfully (and stubbornly πŸ™‚ . Bravo. [ more ]
Rachel Cannon A little of my story of self. I didn't belong. I didn't fit the molds that others cultivated or expected. My life often has felt like a confluence of paradoxes. A small girl who loved every sport I could find. A quiet athlete who thrived in roles of directing how the team played. An athlete who went home to devour everything I could learn from encyclopedias, sat in the bleachers before the game doing AP Calculus work, or taking a university engineering exam while teammates relaxed on the... [ more ]
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