Afternoon Session at #collectiveimpact#cias2021 with Kim Walker @kimwtweets and Freya Bradford about identifying, managing, and shifting power dynamics
Power can "stack." @kimwtweets pushed us to consider: If the people in your initiative have a lot of stacked power & they serve in many key roles, why is the initiative in place? Do you even need it given you are replicating the already existing power structures? #cias2021
@kimwtweets provided some considerations for practice within initiatives
During discussion about leaders who are more experienced vs. others, Ashley Bozarth talked about shifting language in terms of questions posed from "share a best practice/success" to "what are you experimenting with" or "what are you trying out" #CIAS2021
I am really looking forward to checking out @kimwtweets dissertation! Thank you for all the information you and Freya Bradford shared. I am really looking forward to using it in practice.
Aisha Willisams from @CHRIS180_Change Krystal Billups from @GroupMosaic presenting on how to address complex challenges when aligning organizations from different sectors to drive change and focus on community rather an organizational plans and interests #collectiveimpact
Day 2 of the #collectiveimpact action summit #CIAS2021 Starting with the Plenary Session: The Role of Narrative Change in Collective Action with amazing presenters.
@MelodyCBarnes starts us off by speaking about how the narrative and words that we use matters, providing an example of opportunity youth, previously called juvenile delinquents, dropouts, and other derogatory terms. #collectiveimpact#CIAS2021
On communication vs narrative. @rashadrobinson talks about how narrative is about what is acceptable and possible. It can dictate new rules and disrupt stories. The field we get to play on. Communication happens within the already set ideas of those in power #CIAS2021
Dr. Camara Jones speaks to the need to a testing strategy that include people who both have and do not have symptoms since those in the hospital is only telling us where the disease was two weeks ago #equityinCOVID
Dr. Jones provides a riddle to explain exponential spread #equityinCOVID