Graphic illustration by Taslim Van Hattum It’s been a little over a month since we hosted and facilitated four discussions as part of Disrupting the Path: A New Way Forward for New Mexico’s Social Sector in early December 2024. These…
We are well into the December holiday shopping season and it’s time to talk about supporting locally owned independent businesses – again. I know, I know . . . I’m a little late this year and probably should have mentioned…
Resources and Reflections after the Election We are a woman immigrant owned, and queer, woman, and disabled led company and the outcome of the recent election was, well, the worst. Leaders are now empowered to create a world centered on…
Happy 10th Birthday to us, Prospera Partners! How did ten years fly by? Maybe doing the work you love and loving the work you do really can make it seem like a breeze? Let’s be honest. Ten years is both…
Remember Pepsi's tone deaf ad with Kendall Jenner? The Activist feels the same. By now you’ve probably heard that celebrities Usher, Priyanka Chopra and Julianne Hough have signed on to a new reality show/competition series called “The Activist.” From Deadline:…
Have we forgotten everything that just happened in the last year and a half? We experienced a massive halt of life as we knew it. Facing the realities of the pandemic, we stopped the hustle out in the world, but…
It goes without saying that we are in a time of shifts, lifting the veil, a great awakening. Along with a deeper awareness of our blind spots, we are called to come to terms with our own relationships with white…
“Don’t talk about it, be about it.”— Gloria James, Lebron James’ Mother We are in a moment of transition, voting out hate and pivoting back toward civility, but also reminded of the value of our non-white community. If it were…
AKA Why I’m Writing About Basketball for the First Time In My Life Growing up I was never really a “sports person.” If you would have told me a few years ago that I would be so excited about the…
Meditative drawing is part of Miller's journaling/grounding practice. May I be filled with loving-kindness May I be well May I be peaceful and at ease May I be happy I have found myself relying heavily on this meditation as we…
I spend most mornings in reflection. One of these mornings in the midst of the protests of police violence targeting our Black and POC families, I was ruminating on my own experiences, and how I relate to this present moment.…
Signs you might be a localist: You get stuck in the produce section of the grocery store looking at the signage to find out where the fruit came from and what day it arrived. Turns out you know the farmer.…
The Food Justice Residency Program at Santa Fe Art Institute has been going on for nearly a year bringing “together nearly 40 artists from more than 25 countries as well as across the United States to work with local individuals…
At the turning of the light between the days of 2011 and 2012 I sat perched on the edge of the world, very literally, nestled on the lava rock cliffs of the Hilo coast of Hawaii. I was deep in…
I’m a foodie, a food economy nerd, a social justice food geek, so of course when I arrived at a lunch meeting at a locally owned, top local sourcing restaurant for a meeting today I had to declare “Happy National…
This article appeared in the November 2011 edition of Green Fire Times. I hope this letter finds you well. I appreciate you calling me September 4 to tell me that you had not received the final paperwork on the Deed…