Sharing the Load
For groups practicing shared leadership to thrive long-term, we need to learn how to share the load. Join the Nonprofit Democracy Network, a project of the Sustainable Economies Law Center, for a microtraining on how to distribute the jobs that hold a lot of responsibility, the roles that take up a lot of mental space, the projects that take up too much time, and/or the tasks that no one really wants to do. In this offering, we will share how we catalogue every single operations role at the Law Center and how we facilitate something like a big game of musical chairs to rearrange our work load.
Participants will leave with simple templates you can use in your own organization to track, distribute, and share administrative work.
No one turned away for lack of funds. Reach out to Nicole at [email protected] if you need financial assistance to participate.
Speakers
Sue
Sue is Director of Operations and Miscellaneous Stuff, ensuring the organization's office space and internal operations contribute to the wellbeing of staff, and the effectiveness of Sustainable Economies Law Center’s programs. Sue has spent 30 years working in the nonprofit sector in a variety of program and administrative roles.
Miqo
Michaela Anang-Hadjicostandi, JD (she/they) aka Miqo is the newest member of the Sustainable Economies Law Center team as the Legal Cafes Director. Miqo is a Capricorn sun of Greek and Ghanaian descent, who grew up in West Texas. They earned their BA in Human Services and International Affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, a foundational setting for their love of poetry, their community-engaged work, and their liberatory longing.
Tia
Tia Taruc-Myers is the Sustainable Economies Law Center’s Director of Legal Education. She hosted the very first “operations audit” at the Law Center and was so proud of her co-workers when they figured out a distribution of labor that felt fair. She represents Indigenous land return groups and radical real estate projects and sometimes provides legal advice to nonprofits who want to adopt the worker self-directed model. Tia helps organize the Law Center's teach-ins, webinars, legal cafes, MCLE seminars, online resources, and more! Passionate about redistributing power and wealth, Tia spends her time promoting participatory budgeting and community control of resources.
