Petra Vega
I help BIPOC + Queer nonprofit leaders reclaim their voice as power, confidently express themselves and spark meaningful change (especially when self-doubt gets in the way). Together, we build the skills, supports and spirit needed to use our leadership as a force for collective liberation.
🍄 level-setting
Hey heeeyyy Reader, A lot has happened in my life since my last email to you last week. My intention for this past week's newsletter was to tell you how our supervisor responded to the changing schedules situation and how her response was a missed opportunity for trust-building for the purpose of you learning how to not miss out on those moments with your teams and supervisees buuuuuuttt I didn't have it in me to send that email. Today begins a new week and I want to do some level-setting...
🍄 nonprofits are culty
Hey heyyyy Reader, This is a very niche email so big ups to you for being interested! I was sitting here thinking of what else I might be able to say for those of you who are on the fence about signing up for Liberatory Leadership 101 and here's one of the ideas that popped into my mind: "Fuck the nonprofit I work at, Petra, why would I sign up for a webinar to help make it better!?" Is this your reason for not registering yet? If so, I get it. Fuck that job. But it's not even about the job,...
🍄 when your curiosity feels like critique
Mornnnttiiinnngg Reader, I'm coming into the week on a wee bit of a high. On the business side of Create More Possibilities, we finished up the last session of the 'So You Wanna Be Less Oppressive' Workshop Series and I'm so grateful for the level of vulnerability and inquiry that the participants came with. I'm grateful that even though the topics covered around developing an anti-oppression lens weren't new for me to facilitate, the way I constructed the experience was the most-me I've ever...
🍄 competition vs. collaboration
Wassup Reader, Have you ever looked at the week ahead and been PRE-tired? That was the week I had last week/ weekend so I’m removing as much as I can from the week ahead and pushing the shit that is not-a-today problem to the following week. Here’s your reminder/ permission if you needed or wanted one. Last week, I covered one of the differences between “Business-as-usual” leadership (which is top-down and hierarchical) vs. Liberatory Leadership (which is bottom-up and decentralized). This...
🍄 Business-as-usual leadership vs. Liberatory Leadership
Holas Reader, I'm over here thinking about something one of the participants shared in the workshop series I'm doing. She said: I'm ready to do the work of getting to a new level of leadership than I have before. And that just made me so hype for this person and I thought: maybe Reader is also feeling like they're ready to level up their efforts and energy towards collective liberation. So I thought what better way to start than to define the distinctions between "Business-as-usual"...
I help BIPOC + Queer nonprofit leaders reclaim their voice as power, confidently express themselves and spark meaningful change (especially when self-doubt gets in the way). Together, we build the skills, supports and spirit needed to use our leadership as a force for collective liberation.