Sudha

philanthropy, environment, racial justice, movement building, storytelling and creating a just world through systemic change. My tweets are my views.

[Brandon J. McKoy @Brandon_McKoy]

Welp, cat’s out of the bag. I am very excited to be entrusted in this role and lead an organization that helped me get my start in my career. It will be a real honor to get to work in direct purpose for the betterment of my home state.

[Jamila Headley @jamilaheadley]

I'm heartbroken to share that my friend and @BeAHero co-executive director, @AdyBarkan died today due to ALS-related complications.

We are grieving - and we know everyone in our movement who had the privilege of knowing, loving, and being in the struggle with Ady is, too. 1/2

[Sudha @nsudha]

Read more of my thoughts on trust, and some of the lessons I’ve learned around trust, in my newest Medium post: https://t.co/ybDlusc3yu

[Sudha @nsudha]

We talk a lot about building trust in movement building, systems change work, and philanthropy, but sometimes taking the time to build trust ISN’T the best approach. Sometimes, there is no time to build trust because our issues are too urgent...

[Sudha @nsudha]

There is always risk involved when it comes to trust, but in operating this way, I think the biggest opportunity for surprise is in the trust and partnerships we get to create, and the potential change we can enable.

[Sudha @nsudha]

@allieevolpe because it’s always worth it to do the nice thing rather than to avoid doing it out of fear of rejection or awkwardness.”

Read the full article:  https://t.co/bzEWNXKhKk

[Sudha @nsudha]

Just because they’re called “small” acts of kindness, doesn’t mean they can’t have BIG impact.

@allieevolpe wrote an interesting piece for Vox about how we tend to overestimate the effort — and underestimate the impact — of kind gestures.

[Sudha @nsudha]

@allieevolpe “In other words, don’t fixate on picking out the best flowers for your partner or fear a distant friend will criticize your grammar in a text message. The gesture itself is more consequential than the content —

[Sudha @nsudha]

To read more about what can be learned from Drew’s situation, and how these lessons can be applied to our movements, read my latest Medium piece via https://t.co/fNGGNbrBEV

[Sudha @nsudha]

Here’s the thing, intent only really matters in how it drives our actions and impact ...

[Sudha @nsudha]

(a.k.a. still play nice, plead for understanding of their intentions, and never really confront their own power and transform it into a tool for justice).