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Accountability through Celebration

How a block party celebrating the New York City Housing Authority is leading to long overdue repairs for Brooklyn residents

10 min readJul 15, 2023

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Six women sitting around a table outside an apartment building looking at the camera.

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We are each other’s safety net.

Help our 43 Neighbors lift each other up.

2 min readAug 26, 2021

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We are each other’s safety net.

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Supporting One of Us Means Supporting All of Us

Ways to Stand with the People of Haiti and Afghanistan

3 min readAug 20, 2021

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Supporting One of Us Means Supporting All of Us

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What I Got Wrong: Revisions to My Post about the Blackfoot and Maslow

By Teju Ravilochan (contributing editors: Colette Kessler & Vidya Ravilochan)

6 min readJun 14, 2021

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What I Got Wrong: Revisions to My Post about the Blackfoot and Maslow

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Could the Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow Guide Us Now?

We all know Maslow’s famous Hierarchy of Needs. But do we know about the Blackfoot way of life that may have inspired Maslow to develop it?

18 min readApr 4, 2021

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Could the Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow Guide Us Now?

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Starting with Belonging: Shifting GatherFor’s Model

Over the last few years, I have been researching models that centered the experience of belonging for people as a transformative and…

5 min readMar 15, 2021

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Starting with Belonging: Shifting GatherFor’s Model

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Just Give Them The Money

We’re in the process of submitting a form to secure 501c3 status for GatherFor, with the help of some wonderful and supportive lawyers…

5 min readJan 8, 2021

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Just Give Them The Money

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How the Powerful Co-Opt Racial Justice to Amass More Power (Part I)

Is there an invisible dark side to the decisions America has taken to advance Civil Rights over our history?

8 min readJul 15, 2020

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How the Powerful Co-Opt Racial Justice to Amass More Power (Part I)

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Black Lives Matter.

A response to the structurally-designed separation in our country

4 min readJun 3, 2020

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Black Lives Matter.

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Our Beginnings

What we’ve learned since starting Gather For.

5 min readJun 3, 2020

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Our Beginnings

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We believe: in community, we have everything we need. Our aim: self-sufficient neighborhoods. We organize: "Neighbor Teams" that support each other like family.

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