Here, we write with intention. We honor multiple truths and lived experiences, center love and care, and lean into personal storytelling as a practice. These voice pieces come from our team, our partners, and our broader community—serving as a space to document the questions we’re asking, the truths we’re uncovering, and the possibilities we’re striving for.
Originally created by CompassPoint's Culture & Community team for staff, this activity and reflection guide has been adapted for our community at large as an invitation and offering for you to center your humanity and wholeness while navigating this period of deep change and transition.
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When we manage our time and energy solely through the capitalist value of “productivity over people”, we often are unable to tend to our whole selves and practice the self-care habits that may sustain us for the long haul. We're inviting you into a deeper conversation and practice to reclaim time and manage energy.
As we enter a new decade, we wanted to share an invitation for introspection and reflection. What will you bring forward and what will you let go of?
In this guest blog, Lauren (Finn) Lofton (Senior Subsidized Housing Advocate & Policy Analyst for Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco and a participant in CompassPoint's Public Training Program) asks: how can we center self-care in social justice movement work?
How do some structures at nonprofit organizations make it harder for people of color to thrive and survive? In this open letter to other POC leaders, Project Director Lupe Poblano explores how patriarchal, white dominant structures that prioritize hierarchy and productivity fail to support community, connection, and the ability to bring our authentic selves to work.
In our blog this week, CompassPoint's newest staff member, Asha Mehta, shares how positive or negative feelings about a task influenced her perception of the time she allocated to it. It was a wakeup call to understanding how something as mundane as time tracking could serve as a powerful mirror of our own values and judgments – and a starting place for personal understanding and transformation. Welcome, Asha!
At CompassPoint, we believe that nonprofit leaders and social change makers are more resilient and can work sustainably when they have a practice of self-care. Embedding self-care into our work has become a theme for our own organization and a fundamental part of how we work alongside others to create sustainable ways of moving toward change.
Former CompassPoint staff member Marissa Tirona reflects on what collective self-care practices need to be put into place within our own organizations to support sustainability and deepen impact.
