Thread by @jjfreydcourage

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I am so proud to share this labor of love with the world — introducing the Center for Institutional Courage, Inc. @CourageforAll

institutionalcourage.org

2/ As many of you know, I’ve worked for many years on institutional betrayal. In 2019, I started incubating a new center to repair and prevent institutional betrayal.

3/ At first, I really didn’t know how to create a new organization, but I felt such passion. Such a sense that the world needs this center.

4/ Then late last year, I received an email from Dr. Lisa Schievelbein. She offered to help me make the Center into a reality. I didn’t know her then, but we hit it off and I took the plunge; I said yes, let’s do it! @dr_schievelbein

5/ We started working together intensely, and by January we were joined by our 3 brilliant board members — Drs. Jennifer Gómez, Ross Cheit, and Caroline Simard — and also a team of fabulous advisors and collaborators. @ProfCheit @csimard @JenniferMGmez1

6/ Generous pro bono legal supporters helped us get incorporated and apply for and receive our 501(c)(3) status. We were getting ready to launch. Then, the pandemic hit.

7/ Covid-19 created many new challenges. Some challenges were logistical. Others were more existential. At times, I felt paralyzed by the institutional betrayal I was witnessing.

8/ Then I got energized: could there be a more urgent time to replace institutional betrayal with institutional courage?

9/ #institutionalcourage

10/ I believe with all my heart and mind that institutional courage will change the world. Our nonprofit will nurture this work with an intensive program of research and advocacy.

11/ I hope you will explore our website at institutionalcourage.org to share in our hope and determination to make the world a much better place — one in which we can all thrive, not just try to survive.

12/ The Center for Institutional Courage (Courage for short) is here for all of us, and we will grow in strength and purpose together — with courage.

13/ We have a lot of work ahead! Please join us at @CourageforAll, and add your name to our website’s Call to Courage: institutionalcourage.org/join-us

14/ Thank you to our team members!

Senior Advisors: Anne DePrince, Carsten Henningsen, Lori Nishiura Mackenzie, and Duncan McDonald @apdeprince @LoriNMackenzie

15/ Thank you to our team members!

Research Advisors: Elizabeth Armstrong, Mike Baiocchi, Louise Fitzgerald, Christine Ford, Estelle Freedman, Allyson Hobbs, Clea Sarnquist, David Siegel, and Vanessa Tyson @elarmstr @BaiocchiMike @DrLFF @allysonvhobbs @sarnquist @VanessaCTyson

16/ Thank you to our team members!

Outreach Advisors: Molly Anderson, Shelley Correll, Laurie Girand, Ashley Judd...

@MollyOnTalent @SVLeadershipLab @ImWithThemToo @AshleyJudd

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16/ Thank you to our team members!

Outreach Advisors (continued): Jess Ladd, Kim Scott, Liji Thomas, Lisa Verhovek, Billy M. Williams, and Kirsten Wysen

@JessicaHLadd @kimballscott @liji_thomas @BillyMWilliams @wysenk

17/ Thank you to our team members!

Research Collaborators: Alexis Adams-Clark, Melissa Barnes, Christianne Corbett, Jennifer Gomez, Sarah Harsey, Chloe Hart, Sasha Johfre, Monika Lind, Alec Smidt, Carly Smith, Meghan Warner @MonikaNLind @amsmidt @SmithwithanH @MeghanOWarner

18/ Thank you to our team members!

Institutional Partners at Stanford University: The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research...

@CASBSStanford @Clayman_Inst

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19 / Thank you to our team members!

Institutional Partners at Stanford University (continued): the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab, the Stanford Medicine Center on Stress and Health...

@SVLeadershipLab

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20/ Thank you to our team members!

Institutional Partners: Australian Childhood Foundation, I’m With Them, Silence Breakers Alliance, Equal Rights Advocates, and the Newcomb Institute at Tulane University

@AusChildhood @ImWithThemToo @SilenceBrkrs @EqualRightsAdv @NCITU

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