Your Questions Answered: How many roles should I be playing?
Noticing patterns about the roles we play across ecosystems can help us make more intentional decisions about the ones we take on.
Throughlines with Deepa Iyer
A newsletter about the throughlines and in-betweens, with reflections on social movements, parenting, travel and more.
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The Social Life of Social Justice Knowledge
A frequently asked question about personality quizzes opens up a much larger inquiry about the stewardship of ideas.
Your Questions Answered: Does an Ecosystem Need Every Role?
If social change is like a team sport, what positions need to be on the field?
A Masterclass in Strategic Solidarity
How Bruce Springsteen used decades of trust with his white fanbase to challenge them to act.
Your Questions Answered: Social Change Roles in the Current Moment
The question I get asked the most: "I feel depleted and uninspired in the ecosystems I'm in. Is it me, or is it the ecosystem?”
This Time, It’s San Diego
Our bodies recognize what’s happened even before our minds register it.
The Boy With The Spiderman Backpack
The image of Liam Ramos in his Spiderman backpack reminded me of another young boy I'd met with a Spiderman helmet - and a bumper sticker that stopped me short.
Target, Safety or Stretch? A Discernment Practice to Organize Our Social Change Roles in the New Year
2026 calls for strategy and sustainability - not simply doing more of the same, faster.
What My Toughest Audience Taught Me (and an Invitation for 2026)
About a year ago, I nervously stood in front of an audience that I had never spoken to before...
At the epicenter of collapse and community
Signs of grief, belonging and care in the DC area