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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thanks @linasrivastava.bsky.social for including my reflection on political hope from the standpoint of everyday activists on the threshold of what comes next. Read all the authors in the link below!

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

[NEW) Minneapolis is showing us how it's done. Over the past few weeks, I've received questions about how to adapt the Social Change Map for emerging efforts. I put together a short planner that can support folks in: facilitating meetings identifying roles evaluating growth bit.ly/49VL2nK

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

So does the publishing industry!

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

My toughest audience taught me about what matters in the midst of harsh news headlines and hopelessness. Read my latest Substack here: open.substack.com/pub/deepaiye...

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What My Toughest Audience Taught Me (and an Invitation for 2026)

About a year ago, I nervously stood in front of an audience that I had never spoken to before...

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Julia S @juliacsmith.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

If you know someone who is feeling 1) unmoored because they don't know how to be most helpful to their community in this moment and/or 2) overloaded because they say yes to wayyyy too many asks ...great news, this workshop is for them!

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amy horst @amyhorst.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Oooh this sounds goooood

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Join me on 12/12 for a public online workshop focused on deepening our social change commitments for 2026. Register at www.socialchangemap.com.

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Janis @janishazel77.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Great work, @deepaiyer.bsky.social! Important to highlight there is active resistance to white Christian nationalism.

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Thanks for speaking with me for this article, Guthrie!

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Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons @guthriegf.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

“As authoritarian movements seek legitimacy by invoking a ‘Christian America,’ a growing number of faith leaders and faith-rooted institutions are pushing back more loudly and visibly.” @deepaiyer.bsky.social @npquarterly.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/voices-from-...

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Voices from the Frontlines of Christian Organizing - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Authoritarian movements seek legitimacy by invoking a “Christian America,” but a growing number of faith leaders and faith-rooted institutions are pushing back.

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Amazing!! Thank you for sharing!

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 01/08/2025

new @teenvogue.com: Florida officials claimed they wouldn't hold minors in mosquito- and sewage-ridden Alligator Alcatraz, but a bombshell report in July found a 15-year-old was detained there in July. young people in Florida are afraid. said one, "If it happens once, it’s going to happen again.”

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A Teen Was Detained at Alligator Alcatraz. Could They Be the First of Many?

It comes after weeks of uncertainty around how minors would fit into Florida's immigration crackdown.

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

DC feels both like the epicenter of a democracy in collapse —and the place where community care is being reimagined. Sharing my latest essay on finding home in the DC area during this time: open.substack.com/pub/deepaiye...

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At the epicenter of collapse and community

Signs of grief, belonging and care in the DC area

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mantrastratgrp.bsky.social @mantrastratgrp.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

An essential read by writer and advocate @deepaiyer.bsky.social, who highlights that social change requires an intersection of gifts, skills, and roles. Read here: deepaiyer.substack.com/p/all-of-us #SocialJustice #Strategy #Change

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Building Movement Project @buildingmovement.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🗓️ Thursday, July 10: join Common Future and a panel of leaders, including our BMP colleague @deepaiyer.bsky.social, for a discussion on how nonprofits might effectively assess and manage risk in a continually shifting environment. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/risky-busi...

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Risky Business Part 2—Managing Organizational Risk in an Evolving Landscape

Exploring questions about what it looks like to operate and effectively assess and manage risk in a continually shifting environment.

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Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The 2025–2026 UU Common Read is Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection by @deepaiyer.bsky.social‬. Visit uua.org/read to learn more about how and you and your community can participate. Available wherever books are sold!

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Building Movement Project @buildingmovement.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Our BMP colleague @deepaiyer.bsky.social shared some ideas with Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka on the many ways people can get more involved beyond and after rallies and protests (1/2)

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

For more- here’s an essay on how all of us can flank disrupters by playing different roles. open.substack.com/pub/deepaiye...

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All of Us

Disrupters spark the moment, but it takes an entire ecosystem to sustain a movement.

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

DMV! Please join me at the National Building Museum on 5/24 for a Community Day featuring We Are The Builders storytime AND activities supported by community members! All ages welcome.

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

As we celebrate mommas and maternal figures, we can also remember & address the harsh realities facing thousands of mothers around the world. Learn/Support @nationalbailout @momsdemand @momsrising @NoG3nocide

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Mothering is intensely personal + political. In a society that rhetorically places mothers in a pedestal, we consistently show them that they are not valued.

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I have been using the metaphor of a fracture to describe the time we are in right now. Just as a bone breaks, the fractures in our body politic are revealing cracks, fissures and fault lines. Pls read/share my post + engage with reflection prompts here: deepaiyer.substack.com/p/fractured-na…

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Deepa Iyer @deepaiyer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A resource for and about movements as the first 100 days come to a close from @buildingmovement.bsky.social. See below!

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Maura Philippone (she/her), M.A., CCC-SLP @mauraeileen13.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

On this day of action in the U.S., I'd like to amplify @deepaiyer.bsky.social 's fabulous Social Change Ecosystem Map. No matter which role(s) you identify with, we can work together to drive social change! buildingmovement.org/our-work/mov...

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Social Change Ecosystem Map - Building Movement

In our lives and as part of organizations, workplaces, and movements, many of us play different roles in pursuit of equity, shared liberation, inclusion, and justice. And yet, we often […]

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