Dear Community, Last week I promised a deep introspective post and now (today) I am just not feeling like writing a lengthy post. So often we hold ourselves to incredibly high standards, set these lofty expectations and then stress out when our reality doesn’t match the thing we envisioned. I have been learning and practicingContinue reading “A Wednesday Word From The Director | Cherish The Present Day”
Author Archives: Calvin Eaton
A (Thursday) Word From the Director | Nothing Stays The Same
Dear Community, The month of June hit us all like a wrecking ball and I am still trying to process everything that happened. It feels as if a years worth of life was packed into one month and adding all that to the “brave new world” of COVID-19 pandemic has me reeling. Thankfully, I amContinue reading “A (Thursday) Word From the Director | Nothing Stays The Same”
Dear White Led Organizations by Calvin Eaton
In the wake of recent #BlackLivesMatter civil unrest, protests, and uprisings 540WMain (like so many other Black led organizations) received a deluge of training, workshop, and consultation requests. The following letter is an edited version of a correspondence I recently shared with one of the white leg organizations that reached out to 540WMain. As anContinue reading “Dear White Led Organizations by Calvin Eaton”
Despite Taking Precautions I Still Contracted COVID-19 by Calvin Eaton
Dear Community, Like most here in the U.S. I watched in awe as the sate of NY closed down slowly and finally over the course of the week March 9-14, 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation and changed life as we knew it forever. By the end of the day on Saturday MarchContinue reading “Despite Taking Precautions I Still Contracted COVID-19 by Calvin Eaton”
A Wednesday Word From The Director | Education Without Borders.
Dear Community, Today we are half way through the 2nd week of our month-long virtual fundraiser Upon the launch of the campaign last week your support helped 540WMain blow past our original fundraising goal by over 50% ($10,800+ and counting) we are up to 120+ monthly members, and received the most volunteer inquirys we’ve everContinue reading “A Wednesday Word From The Director | Education Without Borders.”
