Posts tagged social
Meet Aline Silva, Brazilian Olympic Wrestler, Tokyo 2020-Bound and Social Impact Entrepreneur

Meet Aline Silva, Tokyo 2020 Olympian and Founder of Mempodera, a social impact program that empowers girls through sport and learning English in Brazil. Aline's mission is to empower more women to achieve their dreams and be warriors against poverty, violence and inequality. Learn more about Aline’s triumphant story from near-death experience to road to Tokyo.

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How To Be A Better LGBTQAI+ Ally

Perhaps 2020 is the year of the “Wakeup call” where we are realizing that it’s time for us to step up and challenge ourselves to understand the people around us more deeply and to just simply be better humans. This year, in June, 2020, I wanted to highlight a few key factors in what I think is necessary to be a better LGBTQAI+ ally.

One thing I think a lot of us are realizing is that there is a lot that we don’t know and there is a lot that we weren’t taught. We learned history, but only one side of it. This has resulted in many of us taking extra time to catch up on the history that we didn’t learn. That being said, it’s time to start holding ourselves accountable to being informed.We have endless information at our fingertips, now we need to use it.

Learn more from Jackie Marschall on how to be a better LGBTQIA+ Ally.

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Preventing Burnout for Sustainable Change

Preventing burnout is at the core of WISe Wellness Guild’s mission. We believe that helping women to maintain “center” amongst the 8 pillars of whole-self wellness is crucial for peak performance in all aspects of life, and in order to provide support for others we must be first strong ourselves. In order to shatter systematic racism, we must be strong enough to punch.

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The Discomfort of Change

Last week WISe was muted. We’ve taken the past week to #AmplifyMelanatedVoices and began reflect, to disassemble, to unlearn, to LISTEN and prepare for ACTION. Now, continued cultivation, humility and resiliency will be required to persevere. Read the truth about WISe, our mission and how we’re seeking to be better on our journey.

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