“The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.”
— Audre Lorde
Mixtape: Stonewall was a Riot
“Marsha P. Johnson [the drag queen who anecdotally threw the first brick at Stonewall] could be perceived as the most marginalized of people — black, queer, gender-nonconforming, poor. You might expect a person in such a position to be fragile, brutalized, beaten down. Instead, Marsha had this joie de vivre, a capacity to find joy in a world of suffering. She channeled it into political action, and did it with a kind of fierceness, grace and whimsy, with a loopy, absurdist reaction to it all.”
— Susan Stryker
Where You’ll Find Me
🏳️🌈 Going Live on Instagram for Pride with Barcelona-based strategist Nicole Ingra for her interview series @shrtcttng. Tune in this Wed 6/17 @ 1pm ET.
👩🏻💻 Speaking on Digital/Social Marketing for Small Businesses on a Budget. This talk for the Queens Economic Development Corporation addresses how small business owners — many of them women and immigrants — can pivot their business models and online marketing strategies during Covid-19. Tues 6/16 @ 2pm ET.
✊🏽 Protesting-in-Place for Black Trans Lives Matters. Another beautiful weekend of peaceful protests in Brooklyn.
Links and Longreads
How Can We Win: I dare you to watch this to the very last second, the 6:46 mark.
Dave Chapelle 8:46 “Every institution that we trust lies to us.”
Do the WeRQ. Uniting and empowering adland's LGBTQIA+ community.
BLM Protests 2020 Map: Updated daily.
Eclectic Events
🏃🏻♀️Beastanetics Fitness Class. 1 hour live Zoom workout using just your body, from the founder of Punk Rope. Tues, 6/16 @ 8:30am. Free.
👩🏽🎨 The 14th Annual Behance 99U Conference: The Creative Self. Check out the jam-packed full agenda. Wed, 6/17. Free.
✊🏽 The Allyship & Action Summit. Invite your whole team and department for workshops and talks on allyship and tangible next steps on anti-racism in adland for all. Check out the speakers here. Streaming on YouTube x Zoom. Thurs 6/18. Free.
Creativity/Productivity Hacks
✅ How I Review My Calendar for the Week. A quick 5 minute video from @fortelabs with helpful hacks for looking 2 weeks back / 4 weeks forward as part of a regularly weekly review.
📱Woven, a calendar app for busy professionals, integrates scheduling, analytics, and Zoom conferencing. Free.
Dope Stuff for Your Desk
✍️ Foldable 3x5 Triple-Decker Weekly Pocket Planner. Another accessory for your pocket briefcase. I use these for particularly busy weeks (like this one!), when things are moving so fast I need a place to jot down notes, updates, lists, follow-ups and to-dos, and fold it away accordian-style in my pocket throughout the day to stay on track.
Deck of the Week
🏠 The New Old Home by Yak Collective. This goal of this deck is to imagine a "model home" that takes into account changing technologies, remote knowledge work, social/isolation needs, and care tasks.
Stay safe out there, and please get in touch if there’s anything I can help with.
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-SP
Sharon Panelo is a strategist, researcher, speaker, and founder of the consultancy Stories & Strategy, LLC. Connect with me on LinkedIn to learn more about consulting, coaching, or collaborating with me.
Motivation Monday #2: The Revolution Includes Joy