Posts tagged colonialism
1,100 Silver Brooches and a Tool for Thinking About Transformative Change
1,100 Silver Brooches and a Tool for Thinking About Transformative Change

Admittedly, I've tried 1,100 ways of talking with people about transformative change through policymaking, with varied responses. I've been most successful with college students, but then again I have had them for as much as 16 weeks of lead up to the big ah-ha moment. More often, I have sixty minutes, and in this particular case I had forty-five. So, here's what I did in the whirlwind.

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Advancing StrategiesLaurie Jones Neighborscolonialism, evaluation theory, governance, inside-outside strategy, patriarchy, reading, systems change, transformation, transformative justice, policymaking
Systems, Not Individuals
Systems, Not Individuals

The whole point of learning about the system of oppression was so that we could see how it organizes us. When you see how you and others are being organized by the logic of white supremacy, patriarchy, imperialism, and capitalism, then you are in a better position to develop an intervention – to fight back strategically rather than to merely react to what is loudest or most appalling.

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Advancing StrategiesLaurie Jones Neighborsdemocracy, education, evaluation, governance, evaluation theory, health equity, inequality, intersectionality, methods, patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, program development, racial justice, root causes, social issues, teaching, voters, ways of knowing