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An elegy for Highly

When I found out that my favorite web-annotation app was being shut down by its corporate acquirer, I found the news surprisingly heartbreaking. In between meetings, I wrote this little appreciation for it. It’s about attention, metaphors, and memory.

What concept kits can do

What concept kits can do

The concepts you use to think and talk about your work set the boundaries of what’s possible. Here are some examples of the way building a new set of concepts can be transformative.

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36 Minneapolis Small Businesses Endorse #Yes4Minneapolis

Today I was proud to joined 35 other Minneapolis small business owners in public support of #Yes4Minneapolis, the ballot measure designed to expand true public safety for all in the city we love.

What justice for Daunte Wright requires

What justice for Daunte Wright requires

Minnesotans have kind hearts and good intentions. But if kind hearts and good intentions were enough, Daunte Wright would be alive today.

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What is trauma?

To heal from trauma, you have to understand what it is. My colleagues and I created this simple one-minute video to explain the concept to Christian leaders all over the world — so they can offer hope.

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Nonprofit fundraising, reimagined

As we start to imagine what our world might look like in the future — in the wake of the pandemic, the uprising, and the wounds of the last administration — our state’s chapter of the Association of Professional Fundraisers recognized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine the role they play.

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How I learned I am white

Over the past couple years, several folks have given me professional opportunities that turn out — often quite a ways into discussion — to be premised on their belief that I am a person of color. This is how a rabbi taught me to respond.