Softening the Grip of the One-World (and Our Habits of One-Worlding) with Farah Mahesri

In season two of our Precisely! podcast, host Brooke Lavelle talks with the ever-brilliant Farah Mahesri about how we can soften the grip of the one world, as well as our habits of one-worlding. We talk COVID, collapse, grief-tending, and maintaining—and stepping through—portals of possibility. Listen in!Farah has partnered with Courage on several projects, and currently co-leads our Pluriversal Practice Seminar, which is now available for self study! Study and practice with us.Farah Mahesri (she/her) works as a strategy, organizational and leadership development thought-partner and collaborator for social justice, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. She previously worked at Tides Advocacy, a 501c4 organization, and its sister organization Tides (a 501c3 entity) providing strategic, political and compliance support to multi-entity organizations working to build independent political power and work toward collective liberation. In this role, she helped to develop and launch several power building funds including for COVID response and to support climate justice and political organizing; and created a peer learning program to connect progressive executive directors together. She also provided strategic and political advice to organizations such as Dream Defenders, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, California Environmental Justice Alliance Action, Detroit Action and others. Previously, as a Muslim-American coming of age during the post 9-11 era, Farah worked with international organizations working on the anti-war/peace agenda. Since 2022, she has been working as an independent consultant supporting organizations to align strategy to operations and navigate the new realities of how we work and interact at work. She sits on the board of multiple organizations, including LA Defensa and Creating the Future and hosts a podcast on applying liberatory principles to the future of work. She organizes with Alliance of South Asians Taking Action. Farah lives in Oakland, California.Thanks to our producer, OB MacDougall, and the entire Courage and Arrow team! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thearrowjournal.substack.com/subscribe