by Milena Fraccari | May 4, 2020 | ShiftHappens
What does it mean to be “essential”? Two weeks before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King hinted at the answer as he stood at the pulpit of a church in Memphis, Tennessee. He told the overflowing crowd that: “So often we overlook the work and the significance...
by Milena Fraccari | Apr 27, 2020 | ShiftHappens
It was a Monday in early March when I met with Lauren, James, and Carolyn on our executive team. We were starting to see the writing on the wall: COVID-19 was going to fundamentally change the world, to a greater extent than we could have ever imagined. It didn’t make...
by Milena Fraccari | Apr 20, 2020 | ShiftHappens
When you think of first responders, who comes to mind? I would wager that you are picturing lights, sirens, and official vehicles. In the case of disaster relief, you might think of FEMA or the national guard. I bet you didn’t think about the Cajun Navy. The Cajun...
by Milena Fraccari | Apr 13, 2020 | ShiftHappens
In the time of COVID-19, who gets to change the world? In the last two weeks, my team has fielded over 1,000 requests from ordinary people who want to help their communities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In a sense, this is the work we’ve always done: finding and...
by Milena Fraccari | Apr 3, 2020 | Seeds: Our Blog
By Nina Magpili-Smith Amidst a long period of stillness in society during the pandemic, I watched a gardener in a video advise would-be growers of potatoes to refrain from digging the soil around its stems and leaves, at a certain phase of growth, to make it easier...
