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Notes from the Field

Articles and personal reflections from the GWI team as they navigate their lives and their shared work.
By Micah
05.05.23
Nate Hagens makes a strong case for choosing a different path forward. What struck me most, is that just how much the answers are rooted in love.
By Susan Grove
03.30.23
By Micah
03.15.23
The overarching theme of the course, Surviving the Future, was collapse: the collapse of the systems that uphold our current societies, especially looking at climate change as the initiator. From my perspective, there is a deep connection to Just Transition.
By Susan, Aja and Micah (GWI Worker Trustees)
03.13.23
We spend most of our time at work, so what better place than our workplaces to learn to practice democracy and work toward a Just Transition?
By Micah
01.11.22
Micah reflects on why pronouns matter and why we ask for them.
by Aja Schmeltz
05.20.21
The chronic blatant disregard for human life in this country is profoundly disgusting. With every news [...]
By Micah, with Susan Grove
03.10.21
Working as a part of a shared leadership team has impacted my life in more ways [...]
by Susan Grove
02.23.21
Shared leadership. Sharing power. Someone recently asked me what checks and balances the WSDNP model has [...]
by Hélène Lesterlin, with Susan Grove
02.09.21
I needed that. It released something. We were in an all-hands meeting, and the relatively [...]
By Aja Schmeltz
03.27.20
Home. What does that mean to you? Is it a place? Is it an idea? Is [...]
By Caitlin Dourmashkin
03.05.20
A few months ago, our co-Worker Susan told us about Move Up, Move Up, a l[...]
By Micah, with Susan Grove
02.06.20
Personally, I think I’m good at playing the support role. I have played this role many [...]

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