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25 Ways To Protect Your Mental Health in the Age of COVID-19

An incredible resource from clinical psychologist, Jessica Lynn Blackbourn.
Categories: Advocacy, Common Ground Newsletter, Deeply Rooted Equity, Published Resource, Working With Young People, Youth Development
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Choosing Winning Issues

It isn't easy to choose winning advocacy issues. This tool will help you.
Categories: Advocacy, Capacity Building, Deeply Rooted Equity, Economic Development, Food Security, Monitoring & Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Comfort Zone

Most people understand this term these days. This explains how we think about it in the context of our work.
Categories: Community Building, Deeply Rooted Equity, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Cultural Pursuit

A simple mixer-type icebreaker that uses important cultural facts to help people meet one another.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Working With Young People, Youth Development, Youth Engagement
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Defining Gender

Gender is complicated and we find these definititons are often very useful in group discussions.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Diversity Action Plan

An activity handout used to help individuals set a personal goal related to their diversity commitments.
Categories: Advocacy, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Healthy Organizations, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Gender Change & The Role of Men

Gender discrimination is real around the world, and men have a role to play in ending it. This resource talks about how to reach them.
Categories: Advocacy, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights, Inspiration, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Groundrules

These are the "rules" or "ways of being" that we've amassed over almost three decades of working with groups. They will serve you well.
Categories: About Common Ground, Change Management, Community Building, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Training & Facilitation
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Human Resources Checklist

Human resource management is complex and deserving of considerable attention from management. This is a basic checklist to get you started.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Healthy Organizations, Human Resources, Institutional Strengthening, Management, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Inherit the Wound

An exercise for trained facilitators helping groups working on cultural issues.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Lifestories

One of the most powerful activities we do in our workshops is one of sharing lifestories. This will help you understand the process.
Categories: Community Building, Contemporary Leadership, Deeply Rooted Equity, Public Speaking, Storytelling, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Stakeholder Map

This template is designed to help you map stakeholders for your organization or advocacy or fundraising effort.
Categories: Advocacy, Community Building, Deeply Rooted Equity, Fundraising & Development, Institutional Strengthening, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Understanding White Privilege

This is likely the most powerful treatise on white privilege ever written The seminal 1989 piece by Peggy McIntosh.
Categories: Deeply Rooted Equity, Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health & Rights

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