Fellow input to December convening by CALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr workshop en-us 2020-09-15 13:24:48 UTC 2020-09-15 15:24:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Cheryl https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748089530 Better data - tools for influencing the development of new narratives

]]> 2020-09-15 14:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748089530 Inequality - while real differences in quality of life, experiences, access to resources, underlying conditions - also has a norms-based dimension that his rooted in cultural values, false/toxic narratives and paradigms. Fellows seem shifting narratives, creating new ones and building power as part of the solution. (Narrative Change) https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748090203 2020-09-15 14:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748090203 History of colonialist structures -> present day inequalities https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748094138 In all four regions in which C1 Fellows reside, they are affected by western European colonialist structures and relics that use fear/hatred/separation to reinforce existing power structures that privilege a few - Fellows are working at the intersection of structure and agency to challenge and change those structures

]]> 2020-09-15 14:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748094138 LIbby https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748095816 How do they find spaciousness / space for imagination in this time when they are being called to focus on very immediate critical needs. How to find space to imagine a future that isn't yet clear- be the owner of that narrative]]> 2020-09-15 14:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748095816 government access/engagement IREXCALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748096343 Fellows need skills and know-how to engage government(s) and to access government]]> 2020-09-15 14:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748096343 aodonyina https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748098135 Fellow's work is both tied to and hindered by the public sphere. Inequality is also tied to and re-confirmed in the public sphere]]> 2020-09-15 14:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748098135 Using data & storytelling IREXCALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748102507 Capacity to use data to influence or frame narratives. ]]> 2020-09-15 14:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748102507 Mary S https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748103261 learning from each other and re-imaging new ways of doing their work. Intersectionality and complexity requires new thinking.]]> 2020-09-15 14:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748103261 Narratives shape both lived experience + emerging possibilities https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748109302 Many Fellows are activists and storytellers who are seeking to state and articulate narratives from different perspectives than the dominant viewpoint - these narratives are contested in the public sphere by those who benefit from the current system

]]> 2020-09-15 14:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748109302 aodonyina https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748109665 donor agendas can perpetuate inequality - both in priorities and in narrow requirements. Who has money and what do they want vs what actually needs to be done]]> 2020-09-15 14:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748109665 Long-term strategy in the midst of immediate and urgent needs IREXCALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748111045 Knowledge of what the right balance is and what it looks like in practice. Understand how to balance strategy with short-term needs. Ability to pivot and scenario planning. ]]> 2020-09-15 14:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748111045 Inequality is reiterated through limited narratives, "justifying our existence" aodonyina https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748113473 2020-09-15 14:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748113473 Mary S https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748116199 Regaining control of narrative and tackling failing systems.

]]> 2020-09-15 14:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748116199 Fellows both have and want "theories" and "models" https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748117084 Some Fellows are drawn to academic theories and models about how inequality works and how it might be disrupted; others already have grounded theories of their own based on their lived experience - it is from these grounded theories that I think we might learn the most (i.e., transportation systems in Lebanon drive inequality because people cannot access work opportunities, thus maintaining poverty)]]> 2020-09-15 14:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748117084 Inequality is - in part - tied to society's structural realities (i.e. political systems, economic well-being/hardship). https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748120418 2020-09-15 14:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748120418 Combating inequality is a long-term process dependent on a lot of factors aligning. Inequality in real time looks like a lot of immediate crises (that need to be managed). aodonyina https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748120676 2020-09-15 14:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748120676 Libby https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748122078 Inadequate systems: a need to both improve failing systems and in other cases get rid of and replace systems (systems get out of the way and let the people lead). ]]> 2020-09-15 14:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748122078 aodonyina https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748127829 information we have is limited on specifics of how Fellows do their work]]> 2020-09-15 14:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748127829 collective change - how to build movements IREXCALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748128704 How to build coalitions locally and globally to increase influence]]> 2020-09-15 14:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748128704 Disrupting inequality and advancing equality, justice and opportunity require the Fellows' organizations/Movements and networks to be sufficiently capicitated (i.e. can't address this complex issues which require organizing, collective action, analyses of systems). https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748130284 2020-09-15 14:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748130284 Global connections for learning IREXCALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748133701 2020-09-15 14:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748133701 Support across all dimensions of their personal and work lives - self care to do the work. https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748143720 -LIbby

]]> 2020-09-15 14:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748143720 fellow community building for support and motivation IREXCALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748144623 2020-09-15 14:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748144623 Self-awareness and personal leadership growth IREXCALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748148430 Deeper awareness of privilege and place in the larger system. Systems-thinking.]]> 2020-09-15 15:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748148430 deeper self-awareness (both privelege and recognizing self in system) to catalyze their work https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748149736 2020-09-15 15:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748149736 Mary S https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748150110 Diversity of frameworks that go beyond U.S.-centric/Western models.]]> 2020-09-15 15:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748150110 Libby https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748154719 need/desire to decentralize US centric models. In some cases have identified this is an issue, but they still need (particularly in US) the tools and support to do this work of decentralizing. ]]> 2020-09-15 15:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748154719 Moving from local to global - how do we raise the level of our work to have a global impact https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748157049 2020-09-15 15:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748157049 Program team/ FGF perspectives/position about capitalism, legacy of colonalism, white supremacy globally aodonyina https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748157576 2020-09-15 15:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748157576 entrepreneurship https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748161259 2020-09-15 15:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748161259 Scrutinize "Progress Narratives" https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748174774 2020-09-15 15:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748174774 I think that holding these big macro-structural realities in context actually add more awareness on how we can better scruntize key lines o thinking (i.e how we construct "Progress" narratives, how we think about growth (i.e. big vs. meaningful)....there is something here about have richer sense-making cues. https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748178250 2020-09-15 15:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748178250 Ford Galaxy opportunities https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748188637 Connecting across CoPs so that we are bringing in the knowledge from both groups for a fruitful exchange - creating multiple pathways for this]]> 2020-09-15 15:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748188637 De-centralizing Western Perspective.... https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748198832 when most of us on FGF design team have dominant Western perspectives as our own paradigms]]> 2020-09-15 15:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748198832 what are Fellows' analyses of the "macro"? aodonyina https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748234872 2020-09-15 15:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748234872 what are the ways fellows are looking to engage government https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748244536 2020-09-15 15:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748244536 current crisis is window of opportunity IREXCALI https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748262607 Dramatic vs. incremental change. We are living in a pivot. What are some of the openings and how to use it strategically for maximum impact?]]> 2020-09-15 15:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748262607 do we know what Fellows already know to do? do we have a good sense of the skills that they want to work on? aodonyina https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748270439 2020-09-15 15:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/IREXCALI/y8o3tmu3qan7tjpr/wish/748270439