http://www.richardmatsondaley.com Loving God, Loving People, Changing the World Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richardmatsondaley.com/2011/12/05/proof-of-concept-you/#comment-554 An aside on labels, identity, and being a proof of concept - Richard Matson-Daley Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:38:38 +0000 http://www.richardmatsondaley.com/?p=2631#comment-554 [...] Earlier this week I posted about how some people need you to be a proof of concept that their own identity is valid. Here’s another aspect that I didn’t talk about. Sometimes people need you to be a proof of concept that the ways in which they are labeled are not their identity. We have the opportunity to show, through the way we treat others and through our own stories that we don’t need to be defined by our baggage, nor do we need to define someone else by their baggage. This is why I like this campaign from People of The Second Chance. Click on the link below the picture to see what it’s all about. [...] [...] Earlier this week I posted about how some people need you to be a proof of concept that their own identity is valid. Here’s another aspect that I didn’t talk about. Sometimes people need you to be a proof of concept that the ways in which they are labeled are not their identity. We have the opportunity to show, through the way we treat others and through our own stories that we don’t need to be defined by our baggage, nor do we need to define someone else by their baggage. This is why I like this campaign from People of The Second Chance. Click on the link below the picture to see what it’s all about. [...]

]]> http://www.richardmatsondaley.com/2011/11/28/pardon-me-but-my-privilege-is-showing/#comment-550 Richard Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:43:37 +0000 http://www.richardmatsondaley.com/?p=2638#comment-550 I can bet it felt weird to sign up for, but it's really cool that you took the plunge. Were there valuable things that you took from the conference? Would you mind sharing? I can bet it felt weird to sign up for, but it’s really cool that you took the plunge. Were there valuable things that you took from the conference? Would you mind sharing?

]]> http://www.richardmatsondaley.com/2011/11/28/pardon-me-but-my-privilege-is-showing/#comment-549 May Borgen Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:01:16 +0000 http://www.richardmatsondaley.com/?p=2638#comment-549 I attended a White Privilege conference recently. (felt weird even to sign up for a conference with that name) The conference was very interesting and made me think a lot about the privilege that comes with having white skin color. I attended a White Privilege conference recently. (felt weird even to sign up for a conference with that name) The conference was very interesting and made me think a lot about the privilege that comes with having white skin color.

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