Jessamyn Shams-Lau

@jessamynlau

Philanthropy | Creativity | Wellbeing

Copenhagen, Denmark
epicpartnerships.org
Joined February 2009
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  1. Feb 16

    Super excited to be a speaker at for Social Change--the first global event bringing together 1,500 leaders from around the world working at the intersection of inner wellbeing and social change. Learn more:

    ✨ New Speaker ✨() is an advocate for redistribution of power in philanthropy, nonprofit workforce wellbeing, and feminine leadership. She has served as an advisor on a number of social impact organizations like Ashoka U:
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  2. Jan 17

    "there must be recognition of everybody in this nation that America is still a racist country... we will never solve the problem of racism until there is recognition that racism still stands at the center of so much of our nation and we must see racism for what it is." -MLK

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    9 Jun 2020

    was America’s original sin, but it was also ours in Europe. After all it was the Portuguese, Brits, French, Spaniards, Dutch, Danes, and the occasional Norwegian who drove the . Less obviously barbaric, but far bigger in scale was Europe’s ...

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  4. 5 Jun 2020

    💯 "In order to navigate the complexities of racism while simultaneously aspiring toward career goals, I — like so many of my professional peers of color — have had to develop & strategically employ what W.E.B. Du Bois termed, in The Souls of Black Folk, a double consciousness."

    We are tired of living in two worlds. We are tired of carrying the weight of the Black Experience in the workplace. We are tired of suppressing our thoughts to avoid being labeled as “angry.” - CEP board member Anthony Richardson
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  5. 5 Jun 2020

    Painfully, sorrowfully true. We are complicit. Given the way foundations are structured and after more than a decade fo trying I don't know how to change it 😔

    “For these ongoing oppressions, which have fueled the anger erupting on our streets, philanthropy shares culpability.”
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    1 Jun 2020

    RT An explicit telling of the truth about the 'righteous rage' that is engulfing everyone. Thank-you Will Cordery for this message.

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    31 May 2020

    Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don't understand the protests? What you're seeing is people pushed to the edge "African Americans have been living in a burning building for many years, choking on the smoke as the flames burn closer and closer.

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    31 May 2020

    Today marks 99 years since the Tulsa race massacre. My thoughts have returned to this story so much in recent weeks. About what we call a “riot”. About the power white women wield with accusations. About the white mobs doing the “looting and shooting.”

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    30 May 2020

    Leading yourself in crisis, Insight #76.5: “When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help.Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.”Marcus Aurelius

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    31 May 2020

    If you’re on twitter for anything other than organizing or activism right now, please consider instead using your time to take actions and educate yourself with “Ways You Can Help” resources.

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    31 May 2020

    In our 2016 survey of American police officers, 92% of white officers said the U.S. had made the changes needed to give blacks equal rights with whites; just 29% of black officers agreed.

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    13 May 2020

    Funders and donors can do more to mitigate and the systems that amplify its harm to black, Latinx and Native communities. Some are urging Congress to require foundations and DAFs to double payouts for 3 yrs, injecting $200B into nonprofit sector:

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    30 Apr 2020

    Fear not mistakes friends. It is a vital part of the process.

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    17 Apr 2020

    "Half of all nonprofits in US have 90 days or less operating cash. Because that is an expectation; many funders stigmatize reserves, thinking 'if you have reserves you don't need my money.'" Thank you for highlighting this challenge,

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  15. 15 Apr 2020

    Conversation and points were very strong and motivating. We must do more! Thanks , , and other panelists on the webinar. Logged off early to also get in the How Not To Hoard webinar now. Too many valuable conversations today!

    Listen to Crystal!
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    14 Apr 2020

    "Beyond 5%: Increasing Support in a Time of Crisis" Join and several foundation leaders tomorrow for a conversation about responses. will represent MRBF.

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    14 Apr 2020

    Glad today to cross-post this piece that originally appeared on the site, by Carrie Avery of , of , and our on how to pursue+sustain a culture:

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    14 Apr 2020

    And now, for some ! Check out this video on our community-based treatment that is changing thousands of lives in and

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    12 Apr 2020

    “Weissberg Foundation providing additional grants to current grantees, including theater arts grantees (with a son in theater tech, I especially appreciate that) as part of a full on effort to support NPO partners thru funding, advocacy, communication”

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