Susan Wolf Ditkoff

Advisor, researcher, author, advocate for social justice philanthropy. Former elected school board member in Brookline, MA. Not all those who wander are lost.

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

What if we:Reframe problems, Pursue winnable milestones, Grow dandelions not orchids, Treat beneficiaries as customers, &Measure 4 learning? https://t.co/9qOGnAwtIM

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Lessons from 15 world-changing initiatives. https://t.co/Fe3Xi9EJIm @AbeGrindle @ditkoffsw @BridgespanGroup

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

physically re-enact the Israelite experience of homelessness, persecution, and impermanence in the wilderness. Grateful to learn from and with young adults of color, as they modeled advanced conversations about implicit bias and educational equity. Feeing full @ELeducation 3/3

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Powerful to be here the week of the passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings. I didn’t know he founded the Elijah Cummings Youth Leadership Program in Israel some 20 years ago, bridging ties between the Jewish and African-American communities in Baltimore, and bringing... @ELeducation 1/

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

African-American teens from his district to experience Israeli life firsthand. Powerful to experience this museum, and the harrowing Greensboro Lunch Counter interactive exhibit, during the week of Sukkot (Tabernacles) when Jews around the world commemorate and... @eleducation 2/

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Totally worth waking before 4am to fly to Atlanta for this. This crew was fantastic (and not just bc I’m an over-proud EL board mbr). Thank you, thank you for modeling your sophisticated exercises and sharing your powerful experiences—owning your learning and ours! @ELeducation

[William Smith Eagles @dubsmitheagles]

These wonderful student facilitators just led an amazing session about race and equity at #ELNC19 with a room of 50 educators from all over the country! They represented William Smith with professionalism and confidence! #wearecrew @ELeducation @aurorak12

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Feeling privileged to learn with @neel_shah about maternal mortality, women’s health, and social justice.

[Neil Gordon @cdory28167]

@mabfan and @ditkoffsw at a packed @BrooklinePax kickoff this afternoon. Yes, that’s PAX endorsed @raulspeaks in the background

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Gorgeous morning to stand out with fellow residents fighting for Fossil Fuel Free public schools, inclusion &anti-racism work, fair housing &more! w/@TommyVitolo @raulspeaks @isaacsilberberg @jessemermell @BrooklineMOF @BrooklineBrian @teach6 @chanyasulkit @jeff_rudolph who else?

[Neil Gordon @cdory28167]

Lots of candidates at the Pancake breakfast!

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Yes! @BrooklineRotary’s pancake breakfast is local community-building at its best. Residents of all ages, genders, races, income levels, and native languages in town show up to connect. In an era of awful partisanship, a true “throwback” event but w/a historically diverse crowd!

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Blessed to learn w/Gustavo Gutiérrez. Poverty is economic justice but not only economic; it’s dignity, equality. Religion’s not just Mass on Sunday, it’s engaging directly with poverty daily. If you’re alleviating poverty, you’re not ending it. #optionforthepoor @socialconcerns

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

@jessemermell @ErinMcAleer1 +1, @jessemermell. Thank you @ErinMcAleer1 for your straight talk and unflagging commitment.

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Powerful, inspirational, provocative thread from @TheRaDR. What parts of myself / my world must I decompose, shatter, crack, and shed now? Relevant to Tu B’shevat and to MLK Day. And also, to very different yet parallel reflections today from @AnandWrites.

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Thank you @RepJoeKennedy. I/E founder Hadassah Margolis is a treasured, talented leader. 100s of residents braved icy winds to meet scores of service orgs. And to help rename Devotion School—a huge opportunity for Brookline to show what we value. Deadline is 1/23! @BrooklineTAB

[Joe Kennedy III @joekennedy]

For the second year in a row, @inspoexpo organizations from across the Brookline community will gather at Kehillath Israel on MLK Day to elevate service opportunities in the neighborhood. Learn more here: https://t.co/gtpodvjAsy

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

yes & deeply powerful to hear from/about the experiences of our African-American residents in Brookline over the last 5+ decades. Thank you Bobbie Knable, Mark Gray, Ruth Ellen Fitch, Bernard Greene, @globepatty & more. And, another must-see Harvey Bravman film! @brooklinehub

[Tommy Vitolo @TommyVitolo]

@TownofBrookline Thrilled to be at #Brookline’s #MLK2019 celebration at @thecoolidge, sitting alongside @FrankSmizik and near @BrooklinePax’s Marty Ros., @MaryDewart & Mac, @raulspeaks, SB Member Heather Hamilton, @ditkoffsw, & many more.

[Jeff Bradach @JeffBradach]

A growing chorus of voices in philanthropy pointing to the centrality of racial & economic justice if we want to build a more just and equitable country. Getting to the heart of it. https://t.co/rtdZhFyojw via @Philanthropy

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Annual reminder to myself to listen to MLK read from Letters from a Birmingham Jail, all of it, **before** attending MLK Day activities or engaging in “is racism over” conversations. https://t.co/U8TL8oWtTF.

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

I’d missed this about immigration, thank you @Avik. I will note that every single person I know who was a Republican prior to 2016 (from moderate Rs to highly conservative Rs) is to the right of Donald Trump on the deficit / most fiscal issues.

[Avik Roy @Avik]

One thing about @MittRomney that isn’t widely understood: he has criticized Trump *from the right* on immigration. “I’m also more of a hawk on immigration than even the President,” he said last March: https://t.co/Di0bdJnIGi

[Jeff Bradach @JeffBradach]

“And hope and history rhyme.” Love that phrase & love this poem. I still remember the feeling when I read it and cut it out 28 years ago (on a page of poems on New Year’s Day in ⁦@nytimes⁩—a tradition it should restart!)
“So hope for a great sea-change....”
Happy New Year!

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Mark has controversial sections, but I had always assumed that these four (important) lines were not among them?

[Ramesh Ponnuru @RameshPonnuru]

For a different perspective, see Mark 12:41-44 https://t.co/hI2HZjqDlA

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

Congratulations, Tommy—even as a born and bred Detroiter I can say that the green entry gets your service off on the right wheel here in Brookline!

[Jeremy Burton @BurtonJM]

Mazel Tov @TommyVitolo

[Susan Wolf Ditkoff @ditkoffsw]

“Islam is a religion, not a “race,” so it’s difficult to see why this development fits into the Times-constructed category of “stories about race.”” Exactly ⁦⁦⁦⁦⁦@IraStoll⁩ - I’m hearing an uptick of confusion about the ‘Jewish race’ too. https://t.co/Wm3nFIovh1