Actions and Practices
What is being required of us? What is the invitation? Who – and what – can we invoke? The resources in this section offer proactive frameworks and generative ways of being and behaving.
Founder of Creative Reaction Lab
Antionette Carroll was living in Ferguson in 2014 and part of the local effort to change conditions in her community -- and saw a need to reach out to involve more people in the solution. A passionate social entrepreneur, Antionette founded Creative Reaction Lab to empower community members to address local issues and become changemakers.
How to make sense of this moment?
This video is a conversation between Bayo Akomolafe and Charles Eisenstein. Bayo Akomolafe is a philosopher, writer, activist, professor who has been speaking out frequently about slowing down in the face of urgency. This is not about the pace of our work. He says, "The times are urgent; let us slow down. Slowing down is losing our way—not a human capacity or human capability. It is the invitations that are now in the world-at-large, inviting us to listen deeply, to be keen, to be fresh, to be quick with our heels, to follow the sights and sounds and smells of the world.”
A Conversation with Prentis Hemphill, Denise Perry, and Adaku Utah
Panelists speak about centrality of care, the importance of taking risks and making mistakes, and what it means to invest in Black leadership in this moment.