It's not about party affiliation it is about impact. powell’s remarks were a reminder that the work equitable philanthropy takes on can mitigate, repair and overcome the direction politics has taken. And we must keep moving forward.įor me, Dr. Politics, not partisanship, must guide our steps. He reminded the room that philanthropy has a special role to play during uncertain political times. powell, a widely recognized expert in the areas of civil liberties and civil rights, gave a talk at Portland Community College about equitable education as Meyer’s first Equity Series speaker. But we must do all we can to fight the slide into hopelessness.” And disappointment, anger, and confusion are understandable - often reasonable - responses to the challenges we face. “In these times, it is easy to be discouraged. Meyer, what is happening at this moment affirms how crucial it is to be awake and dedicated to the fight for equity and inclusivity.ĭon't just take my word for it, take Darren Walker’s, CEO of the Ford Foundation: Personally, and also as the CEO of the charitable trust created by Fred G. I'm sickened to see the value of experience diminished, knowledge belittled and comity toward others called weakness. I see journalism, a pillar of American democracy, hobbled by the rise of fake news. I watch in real time the way demagoguery builds despair. I am outraged by the incidents of bullying and outing and xenophobia and racism on university campuses and at K-12 schools. But to watch the shift from a simmer to a boil has shaken me, and people around me, to the core. So have systemic racism against African Americans and abuses of other minorities, including Latinos, people with disabilities, Muslims and the LGBTQ community. Racial and religious hatred and scapegoating are written into American history, and they have always been part of our present. I am most struck by the resurfacing of an old ugliness that has haunted our country since its origins. ![]() In the current political climate, I’ve found myself doing a lot of soul-searching. Yet I have emerged from my funk of feeling overwhelmed to feeling a sense of power and purpose in my commitment to resist oppression and injustice alongside people who have had to resist both for too long. This political moment belies the myth of a post-racial America, an America driven to be its most equitable, inclusive and welcoming self. I feel both foreboding and a sense of deja vu. Maybe you feel unheard and threatened, short-tempered and stuck, targeted and helpless. You’re anxious about the present moment in our democracy, let alone the future. doi: 10.1111/j. you are anything like me, you weren’t sleeping easily in the run-up to the presidential election - and haven’t been sleeping well since. Current Directions in Psychological Science. Intense and recurrent déjà vu experiences related to amantadine and phenylpropanolamine in a healthy male. ![]() Feel Like You’ve Been Here Before? It Might Be Déjà Vu. Deja vu: what it is, when it may be cause for concern. Unveiling the mystery of déjà vu: the structural anatomy of déjà vu. Digging into déjà vu: recent research on possible mechanisms. Déjà experiences in temporal lobe epilepsy. Illman NA, Butler CR, Souchay C, Moulin CJA. Vlasov PN, Chervyakov AV, Gnezditskii VV. Many faces of déjà vu: a narrative review. Bošnjak Pašić M, Horvat Velić E, Fotak L, et al.
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