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Welcome bloomers, Here is your summary of the newsletter this week: 🌱Day in life of Kenyan climate justice leader 🌱Gender justice fellowship for lawyers & human rights defenders 🌱Social impact career coaching in The Bloom
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fresh soil
Meet the diverse social impact leaders of The Bloom. Every week brings "fresh soil" – inspiration for your career and beyond by learning about our network of leaders across the globe.
Natalie Sifuma I Founder & Community Lead of Sisters in Climate and 2024 Aspen Ideas Fellow
🌍Day in the life of a social impact leader in The Bloom's community:
Earlier this month, Sisters in Climate facilitated a storytelling workshop in Kakuma which welcomed 12 young women living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya. The workshop was organized in partnership with the Refugee ChangeMakers Network who supported the mobilization of women in Kakuma — and all who attended are aspiring writers, photographers, content creators, and filmmakers who understand firsthand what it means to be forcibly displaced from one’s home country and what living like a second-class citizen in Kenya feels like. As I prepared for the workshop, I was intentional in coordinating a space of learning, sharing, storytelling, and sisterhood — and to my pleasant surprise, all women were receptive to this format. By the end of the workshop, it was clear that each one felt encouraged to use resources available to share stories of women’s resilience and capability in written, visual, and multimedia formats. Specifically, the workshop achieved one big goal: equipping the women refugees with fundamental storytelling tools to better communicate Africa’s diverse refugee stories.
A lesson I am personally carrying forward is that "refugee" is simply a title given to a people, but it doesn't define them and there are many who are using the term to change the narrative of what it means to be a refugee. I am also encouraged to keep using my superpower and privilege to support more women who have the dream but need the tools to get to their desired destination. 👀 BONUS: peek into the lives of social impact leaders who joined The Bloom's community this week:
Marissa Droste I Technical Advisor for Inclusion and Equality at Concern Worldwide I Gender and Inclusion
Melissa Pierce I Director of Development at ORAM, Fundraising and Development Professional I bridging the ideologies of devolution of power and equitable distribution of resources
Nuzhat Nasreen Islam | Legal Officer at Asian African Legal Consultative Organization and Co-founder of Xomonnoy | Gender and Sexuality Issues in International Law and LGBTQI+ Activism in India
water your soul
Inspiring newsletters, documentaries, social media, and much more; we find media to brighten and enlighten your spirit.
Curated collection of Global South/Global North resources, programs, events – because there are many opportunities to branch out, beyond a traditional 9 – 5 jobs.
💸 Fellowships & Grants
Sara from The Bloom community is co-leading the first accelerator & fellowship in the world that prepares lawyers and human rights defenders with the skills and tools to meaningfully participate in law and policy-making to end sexual and gender-based violence, read more on their fellowship below!
SAHR Gender Justice Fellowship Accelerator: Designed for civil society leaders, human rights defenders, and legal professionals dedicated to law and policy reform to end Sexual Gender-Based Violence. Award includes EUR 3,000 and mentorship.
Vital Impacts Environmental Photography Grants: Offering one USD 20,000 grant and six USD 5,000 grants for documentary projects focused on solutions-based environmental narratives. Additionally, ten emerging photographers will be selected for an intensive mentorship program.
Call for Artivist Proposals: For collaborative proposals from artists and activists working together seeking to communicate the value and contributions of civil society through art. Ten selected proposals will receive up to GBP 4,000.
🌐E-Learning Resources
♻️Digital Storytelling for Impact training: This online course builds youth social innovators' storytelling skills and digital skills enabiling them to highlight the community impact of their initatives. This will be accomplished by equipping them with advanced digital storytelling techniques. Apply by Sept 15!
🕊️ Career Coaching
Welcome to the incredibly talented executive recruiter and capital mobilizer, Christy, who joined The Bloom as one of our first coaches-in-residence 🎉We will share her 1:1 career coaching hours in the community, this week!!! Spots limited each month, so keep an eye for the announcement in our learning platform for social impact careers 🤎
After 15 years of mobilizing capital for positive social and environmental change, Christy transitioned into executive-level recruitment. She has advised organizations in the social impact sector and philanthropy on how to identify board members and senior leaders, and has provided tailored guidance to professionals at all stages of their careers through role transitions and leadership development. In her current role as a career coach and consultant, Christy supports clients to align their financial, social, and political capital in the service of their personal purpose and to navigate the intricacies of the social impact space. She integrates mindfulness practices to help clients clarify their values and amplify their impact in the world — and she is thrilled to join The Bloom as a Career Coach in Residence for emerging leaders.
community garden
Our community includes the most diverse leaders in social impact across the globe 🌍 Here are the latest opportunities for reciprocity & connection this week in The Bloom:
☀️Ada: hi! my workplace has a professional development benefit that i have yet to use this year. do you have any workshops/courses/certifications you've taken that you recommend? i have a wide array of interests so share it all!
🌵Lara: I'm writing about solid waste management and digital literacy. Do you know someone who can speak on these matters? I'd love to learn from experts and get valuable insights. I have no professional background on these subjects so it's important for me to talk to experts who are. Both stories are solutions-focused 💞 They'll be published in Diinsider Life and cross-promoted on our socials with 30,000+ followers and newsletter with 1,000+ subs. It's a great opportunity to get your name out there and build thought leadership.
🍄Déborah: I'm a first generation Haitian American who decided to leave the US several times in my adult life. Currently, I live in Quito, Ecuador where I've been for the past four years. I'd like to share more about the journey with you and invite others who have taken the leap to move away from the familiar - mainly in the form of immigration or expatriation.
Reply directly to community asks & offers in our community for social impact careers 🌍
organization partner
The Bloom is more than a newsletter: we're a global movement. We partner with social impact organizations committed to the movement, and mobilizing resources to underserved communities 🤎
Whether you're reading The Bloom searching for your next job opportunity, or here for more general career inspiration, there's one skill we tenaciously recommend all bloomers refine: collaboration.
More than ever hiring managers and organizations are looking to work with with leaders who are not just "fitting the need" or a laundry-list of fancy titles, but people who they enjoy working alongside 🤍 That's why we encourage anyone, whether you want to improve your leadership skills, or stand out more in your job search to register for Spring's program on Reimagining Collaboration that supports activists and changemakers to grow as collaborators 🐝
The program infuses facilitation tools and techniques with the depth and the heart of what it means for us as humans to work collectively—supporting participants to recognize their unique gifts as collaborators, while practicing and nurturing new facilitation capacities.
Past participants of the program like Greenpeace, UN Women, and youth climate justice activists have benefited from the way Spring integrates different methodologies, from storytelling to somatics, that can support people to stay present and connected, and create clarity even in moments of tension.
If you lead meetings, steward partnerships, nurture coalitions, or are just curious about how people work together, you might want to check out Reimagining Collaboration.
Our recommendation is to start by reading about the diverse facilitators from across the world who lead the program, like Budhita Kismadi. She's an Indonesian community activist who will be delivering the program in October – Budhita caught our attention for her intersectionality and twisty career journey – just like most of us bloomers 😉
If you’d like to connect with Spring to learn more about their program, you can reach out directly at facilitation@springstrategies.org. They work to make their programs financially accessible, so get in touch if cost is a barrier.
grow new roots
Social impact job opportunities we love around the world to grow new roots in your career. Employers: reach out to team@readtobloom.com to amplify your roles 💌 AFRICA+ MENA 🇬🇭 Gender equity & inclusion coordinator – EduSpots ASIA Analyst for Asia / Pacific – Access Now 🇰🇷 Policy specialist – Green Climate Fund
LATIN AMERICA Program manager – ChangeX Central America marketing manager – ChangeX Partnership development LATAM – ChangeX Product designer – ChangeX 🇲🇽 Sales director – Pro Mujer Individual credit advisor – Pro Mujer NORTH AMERICA 🇺🇸 Program coordinator – Women's Impact Alliance(referral available for bloomers, head over to our community platform's Jobseeker BFF to find out more) EUROPE 🇬🇧 Multiple roles – B Lab UK 🇳🇱 Digital community & impact coordinator – Patagonia 🇨🇭 Scientist (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research) – WHO 🇫🇷 Multiple roles – OECD GLOBAL Gender equity consultant – World Bicycle Relief Resource mobilization officer – World Federation for Animals Research consultant on youth employment – Graça Machel Trust IT assistant – Access Now Thank you to Sarah, Adrienn, Leticia, Irma, Daniella for sharing these open roles in The Bloom community 🌱
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