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Welcome to the download. Threshold Philanthropy's monthly newsletter, where we welcome you to get a closer look at how we're practicing philanthropy as a way to create authentic relationships rooted in care, reciprocity, and joy. Below you will find job postings, events, funded partner highlights, monthly playlists, insights from the team and Liz Rideau's incredible artwork! Let us know if there is something that you would like to see in the newsletter, we are big proponents of co-creation.
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Our Blog
This month is our FIRST Funded Partner HIGHLIGHT! Metasabia our resident storyteller did an interview with Dion Cook from Denkyem Co-op. Below is a snippet of our conversation:
You were a schoolteacher before this, what course brought you here?
While I was teaching, I would always invite the parents of my students to get to know me. That’s how my wife and I operate, we’re always trying to build community wherever we go. My thought process was, if you want to know who’s going to influence your kid for the year, for better or for worse, let’s meet. A few of the parents took me up on that offer. We would walk or meet for lunch kind of thing. ...
Going from something somewhat more stable like teaching, to something that I had no formal background in, and not knowing what would come from it, that was the right balance of anxiety and excitement. I think that’s a good place to be, I believe that’s where growth happens. I’m not sure I would have done it with our 11-month-old, but back then, we were in a unique situation to take this leap. ...
To read the rest click the link below.
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Listening Corner
For those of us who are auditory learners and lovers of listening. Below are some of the people that we are listening to and learning from.
Conversations on Indigenous history, culture, and politics, from a left perspective. Nick Estes and Jen Marley are the hosts with help from their friend Sina. Red Power Hour is also held on The Red Nation Podcast which is hosted by Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz.
These are some of the brilliant and daring young people we are learning from and building relationship with. This podcast is lead and hosted by Tribal youth "creating an outlet to express opinions, voice ideas and concerns, and share stories that have been, until now, untold."
Supporting women disrupt unhealthy patterns and relationships. Each episode addresses topics on intimacy, unresolved trauma, healing, attachment, and transformation.
A podcast committed to supporting you to live your best life from nutrition, sleep, relationships, and more!
Welcome to the hyphen-America world we all live in. Hosted by Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer. They tackle with joy and intention questions about "What does it mean to be an immigrant in America? What cultural baggage do we bring to sex and relationships? Why is Korean skincare so popular?"
We recommend their recent Grief, Collected series.
Host Maya Shankar brings storytelling and the science of human behavior "to help us understand who we are and who we become in the face of a big change." Each episode will captivate you.
For those of us who have social media and who don't, this podcast tackles all the need to know about the latest everything you need to know. You will get the business, gossip, and recommendations on music, TV, films, books, video games, and more! Five days a week with arts journalists Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris.
This is the playlist to remind us that the universe is magic and that we are ALL made of stardust. Burn bright and enjoy the music.
Disclaimer, this playlist has some swear words.
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In Our Bookcases
Gratitude and deep respect for the authors below. They have taught each of us what it means to find freedom in ourselves no matter where we are in the world. Take a moment to read and choose one of these books to be your companion.
Edited by Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum and Maria Poblet. Teaching us to believe what we most of us know to be true. Change based rooted in getting us all free comes from the people who are told have the least amount of power.
Cara Page and Erica Woodland remind us that the medicines that we seek have been with us the whole time. We just need to take the time to look back in our lineages and see the ingredients that made us free.
Author Cole Arthur Riley reflects on her father's and grandmother's life. Showing us the corners and crevices of where spirit lives. Each chapter affirms that wonder, courage, and beauty bring us closer to the ingredients that made us way beyond the flesh.
Leonard Peltier's life experiences and reflections edited by Harvey Arden. It's a guidebook on how to keep your spirit free while incarcerated and being dehumanized everyday.
By Pema Chödrön, an American Buddhist in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. This book is a great companion for your mind and soul's rough thoughts, feelings, and stories. We believe that learning can happen from many avenues and portals, and if learning through a Buddhist lens is not your thing, skip this:)
Dean Spade's work gives us the language, strategies, and more questions to flush out how we can create systems that care for Trans lives. He "critiques the legal equality framework for social change, and points to examples of transformative grassroots trans activism that is raising demands that go beyond traditional civil rights reforms."
bell hooks peels back the layers of how patriarchy hurts all of us. Read everything that she has ever written and you will be set FREE!
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Jobs + Resources
Here are some rewarding opportunities in our networks. Whether you apply or not, remember that your presence is a gift in any space.
Hours: FTE
Salary: $158,000
Location: Fully remote. Applicants may be based in any of the fifty United States.
How to apply: Third Wave Fund is only accepting applications from Co-Directors teams who apply together. This application has multiple components, please read the process thoroughly. Combine everything into a PDF and email to coedsearch@thirdwavefund.org. We will work to meet the access needs of all applicants. Please contact coedsearch@thirdwavefund.org and cc: agustina@thirdwavefund.org if you require a different format to submit an application.
Deadline: 5 pm PT (6 pm MT, 7 pm CT, 8 pm ET) on July 31, 2023.
Hours: FTE negotiable
Salary: $90,000 full FTE, part or full time possible
Location: Wenatchee, WA or Omak/Okanogan,WA
Application Due: Sunday, April 16th, or until filled
Hours: Starting 20 hours/week, with more hours possible
Compensation: Starting at $25/hour
Location: Wenatchee, WA or Omak/Okanogan,WA
Application Due: Applications submitted by Sunday, April 16th, will be prioritized
Hours: FTE
Salary: $106,000
Location: Remote position based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California
Position reports to: Senior Director of Just Transition Investing
How to apply: CLICK LINK, add your Resume and cover letter with your reflections on: (a) How you would apply the Just Transition Framework in this role and (b) How you would practice Shared Leadership, Psychological Safety, and Emotional Intelligence with fellow team members:
Application deadline: April 28, 2023
Ideal start date: June 26, 2023
Hours: FTE
Salary: $80,000 annually (plus $10k+ in additional annual stipends for a total of $90k)
Location: Remote, within the US; must be willing to travel to LA annually.
How to apply: Send your cover letter, resume, and list of 3 references (names, position, relationship, and email address) in a single PDF to Nicole Wasko at careers@chani.com with the subject line “Customer Experience Specialist.” Please include your name and preferred pronouns on all documents.
Hours: FTE
Salary: $90,000 annually (plus $10K+ in additional annual stipends for a total of $100K)
Location: Los Angeles, CA (applicant must already be living in Los Angeles County)
How to apply: Send your cover letter, resume, and list of 3 references (names, position, relationship, and email address) in a single PDF to Thea Anderson, at jobs@chani.com with the subject line “EA to the President.” Please include your name and preferred pronouns on all documents.
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Events with Friends
Here are a few places to check out and learn what's going on in community.
April is Volunteer Month! Check out the wonderful list of upcoming events, gatherings, and ways to support community-based organizations!
African American Writers' Alliance (AAWA) + Onyx Fine Arts Collective collaborating on event.
Date: Saturday April 22nd
Time: 3-4pm
Location: 2301 E Union St Suite H, Seattle, WA 98122
RSVP: Here
BLKBRY is a "culturally responsive, evidence and practiced based intervention to mitigate the impacts of structural racism." They offer personalized reproductive support, birth planning and education for your path to parenting.
FreeForm shares a clip of a documentary they are filming about survivors and what it looks like when survivors are thriving. They emphasize the importance of financial security and safety being the path for well-being. Full film to be completed by this summer!
Dates: May 6th in Omak or May 7th in Wenatchee!
Times: 9 - 3:30pm
Locations: Omak (May 6th) or Wenatchee (May 7th)
Price: FREE, Lunch, snacks, and "really good company will be provided."
Contact: elana@ruralpeoplesvoice.org saying you'd like to join the training. Space is limited.
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Threshold Squad Questions Answered
Change is _______.
1. Inevitable and provides opportunities for growth.
2. Sometimes scary and uncomfortable but always a chance to learn and grow.
3. Hard and the only constant.
4. Is life, energy, and movement. It’s also loss, even when it is leading us in the direction we want to go.
My comfort snacks are ______________.
1. Kettle Chips, fried bread with butter and syrup, warm chocolate chip cookies and milk, gummy worms
2. Fig newtons, Doritos, and snickers.
3. Boba cupcakes, a good queso, and honestly it changes.
4. CHIPS! When I was super nauseous in my pregnancy with my second son, I started buying chips (nacho cheese Doritos, sour cream and cheddar cheese ruffles, and chili cheese Fritos to be exact) and leaving them in my car so I could have something in my tummy. Zeke is now 8 ½ and my family still loves searching for, and stealing, my car chips!
On long road trips I like to_______________.
1. I like to create a long playlist beforehand and DJ the whole trip!
2. Blast tunes from the past and sing along loudly.
3. I like to make playlists and talk to my partner, we always have great convos
4. A balance of the planned and unplanned. We pull off the road for interesting milestones, historical markers, and restaurants and are open to changing plans when the universe presents different choices. I always appreciate the things that we couldn’t have planned for, but typically make the trip meaningful for everyone. Our kids are down to travel this way (where are we going to camp tonight?!) but I know it would stress a lot of people out.
___________ is medicine.
1. Laughter and touch. My husband is my Medicine Man:)
2. Love is medicine.
3. Storytelling is medicine. I love good writing whether that be a song, podcast, show or a movie. A great quote or moment turns my whole world around.
4. Clean water, deep sleep, nourishing food, movement and touch are medicines.
Expressing my needs is _____________.
1. Hard but necessary along my path to my healing and liberation, I’m working on it…
2. Expressing my needs is uncomfortable and difficult. I don't like to inconvenience others with my wants/needs. I either don't express and endure or I make it happen for myself without anyone's help or approval.
3. Gets easier with practice
4. Something I’m finally feeling I have a responsibility to do. I’m finding that the hardest part isn’t the external expression, but the internal listening and interpretation. Believing in the power of my own knowing.
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