Today we are watching StoryCorps animated video Alone Together that shows how one doctor’s family is navigating #COVID19 emphasizing his service as a doctor and hers as a mother and #caregiver.

Learning about the War for Kindness challenges. “#Empathy is less like a fixed trait, and more like a #skill, which we can work on and #build—the same way you’d strengthen a muscle” Jamil Zaki has developed exercises to push people to connect better. #care warforkindness.com/challenges

“Advancement of the four-day workweek isn’t just a pandemic-induced dream: Covid-19 has influenced companies to take up the strategy.” #HappyFriday bbc.com/worklife/artic…

The Primal Scream - The New York Times nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Important video from our colleagues at Global Brain Health Institute with insight from john a. powell and Danielle Allen on how brain functioning relates to #othering and #belonging

Today we are listening to LadyDontTakeNoPodcast with Alicia Garza and special guest George Goehl “What you're doing George is different, it's not let’s have empathy but not the conversation and ignore the elephant in the room, you actually make it part of it." lady-dont-take-no.simplecast.com/episodes/georg…

"Not only are we doing paid work for our communities and unpaid work in our households, we are also doing a third layer of community work — we’re exhausted.” Economist Dr. Nina Banks on Black women's overlooked economic contributions. The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/02/05/bus…

"This is a very powerful starting point because it means that not only can you not humiliate someone, you can’t be indifferent. And that’s really the shift between being a spectator and being a witness.” Rabbi Ariel Burger in this week's The On Being Project. onbeing.org/programs/ariel…

Happy #caregiversday !

Do you sometimes feel like the world around you is more #divided than ever? What if the solution was in our #brain? At BC, we combine new brain & #behavioral #science w/ years of first hand experience to make #reconciliation possible. Learn more!👇 beyondconflictint.org

"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made." - RBG #IWD2021

We don't know why we feel awe, but we know it has massive social & health benefits. In this #HappinessPod, GBHI & UCSF MAC faculty Virginia Sturm discusses the science behind awe + Dacher Keltner talks w/ Chris Duffy about awe swimming. Greater Good greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/…

Our national report showed that 3% of reported incidents of anti-AAPI hate involved refusal of service/barring from an establishment. This has to stop. Report your experiences at stopaapihate.org. #StopAAPIHate

Too few of our local, national and global systems are equipped to provide or ensure #care for all people and for the planet. #AtlanticFellows, join our next webinar that will explore 'How to Build Care', in p/ship with Care Lab Register on the Hub: af-hub.org/networks/event…

Will you join our movement to create a network of caring, collaborative leaders. Needed now more than ever... #care #empathy #leadership carelab-crowdfunding.causevox.com

What john a. powell wanted senior congressional staff to know about #belonging #bridging and #deeplistening carelab.org/latest/on-belo…

Curtis Toler has spent years trying to curb gang violence in Chicago. Now he’s talking to Congress about how to fix violence in politics. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Grateful to Amanda Ripley and Curtis Toler for the wisdom they've brought to Care Lab's work.

This #GivingTuesday help us buy a dinner for peace. A donation to CL supports a collaborative + functional democracy. It supports programming leaders in the Senate are on the waitlist for. It supports a women-led, high leverage org. mailchi.mp/6b38befb2f40/i…

...From the groundbreaking work of One America Movement... or the painstaking efforts of Care Lab.. we know this will not happen quickly and success will rely on a combination of structural and cultural factors.