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Alexis McGill Johnson: Hope
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Today, we are spending time with Alexis McGill Johnson.
There is no one I’d rather kick off of our new year with than the goddess that is Alexis.
As the CEO and President of Planned Parenthood, Alexis is on the front lines fighting for women, our rights to bodily autonomy and access to healthcare Every. Single. Day.
Her job is one of the most important on the planet because it stands for women’s agency. And in a time where the attempts to steal our agency are relentless, having Alexis at the helm of this mission gives me hope.
We spend a lot of time today talking about hope…and the need to view it very differently than many of us have been taught.
It’s not an ethereal feeling. It’s a vital life force that tethers us to our greatest potential reality; one where we all treated, equitably, as whole humans.
We also talk about what it takes to get up every day and go to work at a mission-driven organization that spans the spectrum of the greatest human suffering, solidarity and serenity.
And it got me thinking. In a world where mission-driven work so often requires us to revisit the deepest reservoirs of the pain and suffering of others – and ourselves – how DO we take care of ourselves while taking care of others? HOW do we keep hope alive?
Let’s find out.
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- Alexis McGill Johnson: LinkedIn, Instagram, Planned Parenthood
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- Marissa Nelson: LinkedIn, Instagram, IntimacyMoons, Marissa’s TEDx Talk
- Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer and Kimberly Rath: Cynthia & Kimberly on LinkedIn, Zeal of the Heel
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