@alyssaturcsak
I’ve got a chatty gray cat as a sidekick and a thriving collection of plants. 🌱 In recovery and proudly alcohol-free. Let’s talk nonprofits, books, sobriety, or arts + culture! (she/her) 📍Lansing *views are my own*
A real image of a slice of Horrocks pizza poorly cropped and pasted onto a jpeg of a grey paper plate with an orange "PAID" sticker on the rim
fellow budget watchers, have a virtual horrocks slice
Facilitators, remember that vacation is the perfect time to refill your metaphor bank. Keep your eyes peeled for:
- natural beauty
- fractals
- animals doing things that relate to strategic planning
#Naloxone saves lives, & should be accessible to all. Harm reductionists have been making this access possible for many years. Did you know NHRC has a Naloxone Finder Map to help locate free resources in your area in the U.S. as well as shipping by mail info? Check it out: bit.ly/NaloxoneFinderMap
It turns out I'm posting on BlueSky as often as I did on the previous bird platform. So here's my quarterly check-in. 🫡
Workshop participant: Be ungovernable
Workshop facilitator: Normally I'd agree but we have an agenda to get through
Philanthropy Coalition Launches Solidarity Campaign:
"Weaponized oversight. Intimidation dressed up as transparency. It is not new. But our response must be." —Tonya Allen, Deepak Bhargava & @jpalfrey.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/unite-in-adv...
#philanthropy #solidarity #democracy
How do I get the job where I travel the world eating delicious food for a TV show?
Your outie prefers off-brand Post-Its.
ELROND: We elves do not meddle in the affairs of the lesser beings of Middle Earth. We watch from a distance, giving out 5% of our riches, and then we go to the West to the Undying Lands, the Land of Perpetuity, where as usual none of this really affects us.
My affirmation: I will let love continue to guide me towards movement and action.
Oh and speaking of things that made me cry today: I saw a bunch of humans buying flowers and Valentine's Day gifts for people they love. There are some things that are unshakable.
Related: did you know how little they are? 🥲
My current mental state: sobbing over an anglerfish swimming towards the surface.
Check out NPQ’s first starter pack on BlueSky!
Join our community to connect with progressive and justice-driven nonprofit leaders and organizations: go.bsky.app/GdSWyty
#npsky #nonprofitsky #socialjustice #leadership
From temperance lodges to temperance parades, Black people have not only practiced different forms of sobriety since the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they advocated for it! And made it more accessible for everyone to practice despite the color of their skin.
Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
What a week to be a sober person. 😐
❗️We did it (for now)! ❗️
Our lawsuit was successful - US district court is blocking OMB from moving forward on its reckless plan to halt federal funding.
The stay is until Monday, so still much more to do.
For now - take a breath, take a rest, and buckle up - we’re not done.
A four-panel comic called Instinct is Weird. In panel 1, a yellow warbler looks at a beautiful nest in a shrub and says "I made this for some reason". In panel 2, there are five eggs in the nest and she says "these are my smooth round children". In panel 3 an egg has hatched into a yelling hatchling, and she says "Oh no now it's loud". In panel 4 she looks distressed as five hatchlings now fill the nest, begging for food, and she says "help".
Hello new followers! Here's one of my favorite older comics.
I love Stardew Valley for so many reasons and this is one of them.
Here's a legal to-do list for nonprofits to shore up their compliance and advocacy strategies as the Trump administration takes office nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-le...
#Inauguration #legal #nonprofitsky #advocacy #compliance
The growing influence of AI risks perpetuating historical injustice and harming marginalized communities. How nonprofit leaders can be vital in transforming #AI into a tool for justice and empowerment: nonprofitquarterly.org/ai-and-racia...
#npsky #justice #nptech #AItech
Ginger ale on an airplane can't be beat.
A snowy landscape of a backyard is dotted with multiple crows hanging out on the ground and in the trees.
My neighbor befriended the crows in our yard. She promised to teach me her ways. It's going to be a magical 2025. ✨️
Overheard at the gas station: "you better be nice to me or I'm going to crash out"
My most recent purchases were candles, seeds for my garden, and a needlepoint kit, so perhaps I need to give up the illusion that I am still young and fun.
Nonprofit pals - Opportunity Collaboration has fellowship applications open now through Feb 12, 2025! #nonprofits
A gray cat with green eyes sits on a colorful rug looking into the camera. Her eyes look as if she is conveying an annoyed or unimpressed expression.
I asked her how she feels about winter.
I even checked my shoe a few times to make sure I hadn't stepped in something. 😬
