Rest as Resistance
thetaskforce.orgBy Kierra Johnson, Executive Director, National LGBTQ Task Force and Rodney McKenzie, Vice President, Ally Development , Fetzer Institute To say this has been a challenging time to lead organizations and do our work for the LGBTQ+ community is a huge understatement.
The amount of work and pressure on our shoulders has become unsustainable, especially when so much complexity, urgency and uncertainty loom large in our lives as a staff of people directly impacted by the pandemic and the many-faceted attacks on our community.
As a result of the pandemic, these past 2+ years have been a full-out sprint, a blur of zoom meetings, emails, to-do lists and constantly changing circumstances.
In addition to the unattainable expectations we have put on ourselves and each other to produce, excel and grow in our professional lives, our staff have family members who are underinsured or worse.
