Community is a place we call in others to learn, where we are intentional about our interactions, but mostly where we look at what we can do with what we have right now. Visibility, like community, is multifaceted and takes collaboration. In this moment, we are being called upon to collaborate on building safer, sustainable futures for transgender people.
This month in the world of Good News, Melody Ehsani was tapped to lead creative direction for Foot Locker’s women’s department, the EPA made climate change a priority again, and Los Angeles became a no-kill shelter city. Keep reading for the good details.
We are donating $50,000 to Everytown in support of gun safety in America, and through our To The Future Fund we will continue to support organizations taking action to build a safe and equitable future for all women, school children, and communities.
Listen to the stories of Asian-American women and amplify them. By providing Asian-American women with a safe environment to share stories and listening with empathy and attention, we feel safer—and maybe more importantly, we feel seen. And after years of being erased and ignored, that’s exactly what Asian-Americans need.
When we’re lifting up those around us, we all win—it’s a sentiment echoed by some of the women we’ve been lucky enough to speak with over the past year, and the truth of it comes out in practice. If someone has moved through a previously closed door, she can reach a hand back to help the next person through.
Simply put, food and race are undoubtedly linked. Grocery store availability is associated with income and race. Fast-food chains aggressively occupy space in neighborhoods with high concentrations of Black folks. Food apartheid may be a newer term, but this is not a new issue.
