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Creating Change without Authority

Creating Change without Authority

Often, we look at the world around us, and we find we wish it were better. But the parts that we most wish to change don't always have to do as we say. That does not, however, mean that we are powerless.

In this keynote, we explore how small actions, supporting ourselves, and broadening our perspectives, we can enable us to create change—even without the official authority to do so. By the end, you'll not only have tactics to try, but will feel it is possible to achieve what you imagine.

Veronica Erb

March 05, 2018
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  1. “The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger,

    Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. “The Making of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger,

    Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “The Making of

    the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott
  4. Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “The Making of

    the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott
  5. Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “The Making of

    the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott
  6. * Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “The Making

    of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott
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  8. “The most common way people give up their power is

    by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker
  9. “It is untenable to go through life as an exposed

    wound.” — Roxane Gay “The Illusion of Safety/The Safety of Illusion” Bad Feminist
  10. We need to externalize our thoughts so we can decide

    what to change and how to make it happen.
  11. “In 2006, a survey in the American Sociological Review famously

    reported... that the number of Americans who felt they had no confidants at all had more than doubled, from 10 [percent in 1985] to 24.6 percent [in 2004].” — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun
  12. We need to release our stress so that we can

    live healthy lives and create change.
  13. “If you want to make the world a better place

    \ Take a look at yourself, and then make a change” —Glen Ballard & Siedah Garrett, for Michael Jackson, “Man in the Mirror”
  14. ` Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader

    Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  15. Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Notorious RBG:

    The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
  16. Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Notorious RBG:

    The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
  17. Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Notorious RBG:

    The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
  18. “And, voila! When participants took the same implicit-bias tests after

    the nap, they were up to 50 percent less biased.” — Maanvi Singh, “So You Flunked A Racism Test. Now What?” npr.org
  19. Mathew Brady, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons * “The Making

    of the J. B. Grinnell Class” Daniel Kisslinger, Grace Gallagher, Kesho Scott
  20. Address directly Address indirectly Divert attention Opt out Inclusive remote

    culture Externalize my thoughts Build my relationships Release my emotion Expand my perspectives Be able to take small actions Understand and decide what to do Make and evaluate change
  21. Lynn Gilbert CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Notorious RBG:

    The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
  22. Even if when we don’t have a budget, a title,

    or a team, we can create change.
  23. Together, we can even change the things that we may

    have thought “are just the way they are.”
  24. Thank you to all the people who supported this presentation!

    Anthony Pitale, Dan Newman, Erica Liao, Esmé Middaugh, Ijeoma Ezeonyebuchi, Janeen Williamson, Julie Rogers, Justin Lucas, Kaytee Nesmith, Libby Bawcombe, Liz Danzico, Mary Glendinning, Megan Williams, Tommy O'Keefe, Wanyu Zhang, Erin Teare Martin, Lauren Bracey Shiedt, McCaul Baggett, Anne Leyh, Millie Erb, Ron Erb, Tony Pitale, Durrie Bouscaren, LA Johnson, Sarah Knight, Willy Tekeu, Jason Alderman, Elissa Frankle Olinsky, and many more