examples of short and long organizational pauses

• Our Organizational Pause: National Funeral Home Alliance - https://web.archive.org/web/20230922124241/https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/our-organizational-pause.html
• National Young Farmers Coalition: Young Farmers Organizational Pause https://www.youngfarmers.org/2021/06/organizational-pause/ - 3 week pause
• allied media projects: a chrysalis year - https://alliedmedia.org/news/chrysalis-year
• allied media projects: the chrysalis continues - https://alliedmedia.org/news/chrysalis-continues

a thought from katherine: taking the fangs out of taking space

earlier this week i was having my regular friend convo with my friend katherine and she said something that felt really powerful. i’m paraphrasing a bit (and i hope someday soon she’ll write/audio about this so i can cite her instead of my paraphase 😜) but here goes:

black history/futures: a mile

it's feb! that means it's black history/futures month. my goal in 2024 is one flash fiction story per week. all stories from this month and past years here.

family vacation: an oxymoron - follow up

in the weeks after i sent out lqb2weekly #191 (which included my post on family vacation as an oxymoron), i got a significant amount of feedback pointing to the reality that it really resonated with some folks! i heard it got shared to at least one listserv, one big group text thread, discussed in a few households, and i got a few emails about it.

black history/futures: allying with earth

it's feb! that means it's black history/futures month. my goal in 2024 is one flash fiction story per week. all stories from this month and past years here.