Justice Requires Love and Joy with Kelly Diels

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What does justice mean to you? What does it look like for us to harness the power we have to shift our culture? The great Dr. Cornel West once said, “Justice is what love looks like in public”. As a black woman, as a person of color, the pursuit of justice and a more fair and equitable world is something that I fight for. There is no chance of opting out, it is my real life. Justice means different things to each of us but, I think that we can agree that it requires love. Justice requires that we hold up the contrast all around us and that we hold space for humanity, both our own and the humanity of those around us. It is indeed a journey, but one that I believe we must all make. Today’s coloring session is special as I am joined by the passionate Kelly Diels. Join Kelly and I for a vulnerable conversation on justice and making space for joy. Tune in to hear more about the moment that led to Kelly dedicating herself to “this love work”, how she is finding space to pursue her joy, and why she believes there is no such thing as falling behind.

Meet the Artist: Kelly Diels

Kelly Diels is a Feminist Business Consultant, educator, thinker, writer, mama, lover and fighter living in the unceded territories of the Stó:lō Nation. Kelly describes herself as a coach for culture makers and works with people that are trying to shape the world and to dismantle all forms of oppression using whatever resources they have available to them. She’s here to raise awareness about how the business-as-usual formulas we learn everywhere actually reproduce oppression and she develops and teaches alternate, feminist marketing tools to help us do it differently. Kelly’s business is based on three tenets, to help culture makers personally get out of shame and into power and use it to change EVERYTHING, professionally grow a business that makes money and justice, and politically co-create a future in which we all flourish.

Listen in as Kelly Shares:

• Why it is important that we hold contrast together
• What we can learn from releasing the fear of falling behind (and why it doesn’t exist)
• The rapture moment that urged her to use her voice for change
• How she has decided to use her power and privilege to fight for justice
• Why it is important that we feel for each other and how this opens us up to our own humanity
• Ways that she is learning to pursue joy and self-care even when doing heavy work
• Her mediations of happiness and joy and why it is okay to like what we like
• Why we don’t need to earn happiness
• More on the role of unity and community in shifting culture

Connect with Kelly:

• Learn more about Kelly and her wonderful work on her website
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