Partnership Journey: Grounding in Place by Kara OConnell https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t At the end of each walk-and talk, add your reflections here. en-us 2023-04-06 10:52:05 UTC 2023-04-07 15:04:13 UTC hello@padlet.com We all need each other to solve educational inequity. No one can solve this problem alone https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546461658 2023-04-06 16:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546461658 https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546461714 Thinking about additional roles that we need in the story of the river - including guides and facilitators for the helpers and teachers]]> 2023-04-06 16:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546461714 https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462074 Stopping and listening to the babies - what they know they need and honoring that ]]> 2023-04-06 16:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462074 Faith is a powerful bridge to shared humanity, mutuality, and action, BUT not always :) https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462086 2023-04-06 16:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462086 How can we adopt an abundance mindset rooted in trust? How do we step into our power to approach this work differently? https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462176 2023-04-06 16:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462176 Considered how to expand the urgent space, consider time as another element of the scene, and lessons from times before https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462248 2023-04-06 16:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462248 Round 1 https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462605 Felt very connected to The Groundwater Approach. 

Thinking about differences between who views themselves as responsible, and who all is responsible

]]> 2023-04-06 16:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462605 How important sense of time, place and ancestry is to every role in this story https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462791 2023-04-06 16:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546462791 How can we share the story with our funders, to bring them into relationship, help them name their role, and create connectivity to all parts of the moment and its history https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546463113 2023-04-06 16:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546463113 https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546463259 How does understanding of the physical space where stories occur, give us deeper understanding of the lesson?]]> 2023-04-06 16:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546463259 Ensuring that we are interrogating our respective org's role and our individual role in the story shared (3 sisters and the river) https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546464255 2023-04-06 16:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546464255 The importance of quieting the deluge of thoughts and personal reflection to makes sure I have given space to others https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546464618 2023-04-06 16:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546464618 https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546464661 We also spent time talking about place and how important that is within native culture and communities. We reflected on how space lives/influences work at a regional vs. national foundation.]]> 2023-04-06 16:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546464661 What if folx can't even see the scene? The babies, the sisters, or the river. How can we begin? https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546465042 2023-04-06 16:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546465042 https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546465370 the importance of how and where you show up

considering our role as a funder and where our investments can be disruptive

]]> 2023-04-06 16:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546465370 There's an inherent tension between feeling calling into urgent action and the pace of relational trust development (an then organizing). Wonder if this is the same tension btw white dom culture's desire to fix things and native wisdoms that declare some things are as they should be. https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546465380 2023-04-06 16:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546465380 Theres a deep complexity in the need to do this work differently + holding the role that philanthropic systems play in keeping things "as is." Starting from the inside out is key. https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546466648 2023-04-06 16:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546466648 The ecosystem approach we learned about at Sicangu truly resonates and seems critical for long term sustainability of all people https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546596627 2023-04-06 19:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546596627 https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546597209 Sense of self, purpose, and connection to each other is critical for all of our people]]> 2023-04-06 19:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/koconnell38/twsf4b8ojw5lvz9t/wish/2546597209