Vanessa Mason

@vanessamason
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💼 belonging principal @omidyarnetwork 
👩🏾‍💻 author of Future of Belonging 
🔥 plant mom loving wit, wanderlust, whiskey 
❣️ fmr. @iftf (views = mine)
🌍 #black TX native, currently in San Francisco
Curious about #philanthropy #racialjustice #socialjustice #genderjustice #disabilityjustice #FuturesThinking as they intersect with #belonging #community #technology #capitalism . Also love #plants #whiskey #dance #travel .
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@elipariser I have more faith in niches but I think that language and jargon no longer has the same protective qualities that it used to have because discoverability is greater and more accessible (eg. ascribing words and phrases from Black queer culture to Gen Z TikTok users)
Funding opp ($30-100k over 3 yr): CS Fund's new Just Transition program is building 'connective tissue' across mvmts & regions to transition from current extractive, supremacist culture to one of justice, joy, belonging & liberation. App info: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/613bf7e98a7c43319698add2/t/638f7eaa4bc6a360445a6cba/1670348458529/CSF+Just+Transitions+RFP.pdf #racialjustice #genderjustice #foodsecurity #indigenous #climatejustice #disabilityjustice #solidarity
Open Society Foundations' Equality Fellowship is looking for innovators in #racialjustice to build a world that embraces multiracial #democracy : https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/soros-equality-fellowship
Soros Equality Fellowship

Open Society-U.S.’s Soros Equality Fellowship seeks to support individuals whom we believe will become long-term innovative leaders impacting racial justice.

@sachbon this looks amazing ! Excited to imagine what next years agenda could be?
Recommendations for meaningful events/conferences focused on collective healing, #racialjustice #genderjustice #disabilityjustice, #Afrofutures #Indigenousfutures #decolonial #futuresthinking?
It says a lot about my overachiever tendencies that upon the doctor seeing that I had full range of motion about 10 days after dislocating my shoulder, told me that I was a rapid healer and I felt proud of something that was completely out of my control but still wanted some kind of gold star other than taking the sling off.

The National Museum of African American History & Culture announces “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” to open March 24

It will feature Octavia Butler’s typewriter, Nichelle Nichols’ Star Trek uniform, Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther suit, more

https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture-announces-new-exhibition-exploring

#blackmastodon #blacktwitter

National Museum of African American History and Culture Announces New Exhibition Exploring Stories and Futures of Black Liberation

The thought-provoking exhibition, “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” debuts on March 24, 2023 and investigates Afrofuturist expression through art, music, activism and more.

National Museum of African American History and Culture
@independentpen my usual is Bulleitt Bourbon when I’m out and about, but one of the best I’ve had is Nikka Taketsuru 21 year
Anyone else think that it’s insane and troubling in an anticipatory grief way that we are working like it’s a normal Tuesday when there’s a very real risk of fascism coming to power in a matter of hours?
Hello world! My #introduction —> Exploring the world of #blackmastodon amid #blacktwitter #twittermigration . I’ve been on Twitter since 2008. I tweet about #philanthropy #racialjustice #socialjustice #genderjustice #disabilityjustice #FuturesThinking as they intersect with #belonging #community #technology #capitalism . Also love #plants #whiskey #dance #travel .