Activity 1.1 | Arriving as we are

Calling Yourself In

adrienne maree brown, quoting Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, argues that for social change that bridges our divisiveness, we need to “act like you need each other. Move like you need each other. Talk to each other like you need each other” (Weiss-Berman, 2024)

Spend time reflecting in your journal. Reflect on how it feels to imagine yourself needing your colleagues. 

• How might this challenge, or make visible, any hierarchies in power
• Does it challenge you to be in a position of power and to simultaneously think of needing others?

See if you can extend your curiosity to this experience.

• In what ways do you experience safety, dignity, and belonging in your role as a child care manager or leader? 
• Who contributes to these needs?
• In what ways do you model curiosity towards others whom you are in a position of leading, to learn more about what gives them a sense of safety, dignity, and belonging?
• How would it feel to face difference with curiosity, perhaps as adrienne maree brown described, as sitting and holding hands across the divide?