This month’s Couch Conversations with Bend The Arc’s Stosh Cotler and Akaya Windwood touched on spirituality, joy, resilience, ancestors, and more. Watch the full video above for deep wisdom from these two incredible leaders, and mark your calendar for the August 23 conversation with Darlene Nipper and Planned Parenthood’s Dawn Laguens.
Alums In The News
- Stacy Kono was quoted in an article about alum organization Hand In Hand’s direct actions to defend undocumented domestic workers and caregivers in Trump’s America
- Monica Dennis was named Move to End Violence’s new co-director
- Edgar Villanueva discussed decolonizing wealth through indigenous leadership on The Laura Flanders Show
- Bernice Julie Shaw will be stepping into one of two new co-director positions at the Center for Story-Based Strategy
- Michael Premo was named one the 2018 Soros Equality Fellows
- Dawn Laguens was a guest on the podcast Lovett or Leave it
- Linda Wood will be honored as an Outstanding Foundation Professional by the Golden Gate Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals
- Stosh Cotler outlined the Jewish case against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh for Forward
- Solomé Lemma was named the new executive director of Thousand Currents
- Yvonne Welbon and Sisters In Cinema announced a lot of exciting news, including the release of Sisters in the Life: A History of Out African American Lesbian Media-Making, co-edited with Alexandra Juhasz
- Yance Ford has been nominated for an Emmy for his documentary Strong Island
- Dorian Warren was named the next president of the Center for Community Change
- Frances Kunreuther, Rusty Stahl, and Sean Thomas-Breitfield will be keynote speakers at Embracing Inclusive Leadership: Uncommon Conversations About Diversity, October 19 in Chicago