Sudha

Welp, cat’s out of the bag. I am very excited to be entrusted in this role and lead an organization that helped me get my start in my career. It will be a real honor to get to work in direct purpose for the betterment of my home state.

I'm heartbroken to share that my friend and @BeAHero co-executive director, @AdyBarkan died today due to ALS-related complications. We are grieving - and we know everyone in our movement who had the privilege of knowing, loving, and being in the struggle with Ady is, too. 1/2

Read more of my thoughts on trust, and some of the lessons I’ve learned around trust, in my newest Medium post: @sudhanandagopal/trust-is-a-choice-how-i-learned-to-trust-a-stranger-40-feet-underwater-9dd87495977f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@sudhanandagop…

There is always risk involved when it comes to trust, but in operating this way, I think the biggest opportunity for surprise is in the trust and partnerships we get to create, and the potential change we can enable.

We talk a lot about building trust in movement building, systems change work, and philanthropy, but sometimes taking the time to build trust ISN’T the best approach. Sometimes, there is no time to build trust because our issues are too urgent...

@allieevolpe because it’s always worth it to do the nice thing rather than to avoid doing it out of fear of rejection or awkwardness.” Read the full article:  vox.com/even-better/23…

@allieevolpe “In other words, don’t fixate on picking out the best flowers for your partner or fear a distant friend will criticize your grammar in a text message. The gesture itself is more consequential than the content —

Just because they’re called “small” acts of kindness, doesn’t mean they can’t have BIG impact. @allieevolpe wrote an interesting piece for Vox about how we tend to overestimate the effort — and underestimate the impact — of kind gestures.

To read more about what can be learned from Drew’s situation, and how these lessons can be applied to our movements, read my latest Medium piece via @sudhanandagopal/what-we-can-learn-from-drew-barrymores-picket-line-mess-fe0b7e9204e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@sudhanandagop…

(a.k.a. still play nice, plead for understanding of their intentions, and never really confront their own power and transform it into a tool for justice).

Here’s the thing, intent only really matters in how it drives our actions and impact ...