June 21 – 27
Every week I create a round-up of my favorite reads and listens over the last 7 days. Some links go directly to articles and books, others go to my post with notes.
Tuesday: Sliding Scales
- Read Me First: The Sliding Scale: A Tool for Economic Justice→ [Notes→]
- Read Me Second: How to make the sliding scale better for you & your clients →
- Article: Sliding Scale: Why, How, and Sorting Out Who by RideFreeFearLessMoney→
- Article: Beyond the Sliding Scale: A Next-Generation Model / The Problem with Pay What You Can→
- Precedent: Sliding Scale | Rumble & McVan→
- Precedent: Sliding Scale | Attic Apothecary→
I’ve always been committed to offering a sliding scale, understanding that it is an important component to promoting broader accessibility to programs and services. However, finding the right way to implement a system. However, sliding scales based on individual income levels are insufficient, as many factors complicate a persons financial position. I’ve been researching other ways people have gone about implementing their systems.
Wednesday: 1491 & Allyship Continued
Whenever I read a book, I typically end up doing a lot of broader peripheral reading to the subject, either tracking down sources mentioned, looking up additional context or historical background, or more deeply diving in to one aspect or another. This helps me more fully comprehend and place what I’m reading, and deepens the processing.
Last night I finished 1491 by Chris Mann, a book I’ve been working on for three weeks now. I’ve detailed my initial comments on last weeks round-up and have compiled my notes and excerpts here. I don’t typically take so long when reading a book, but found that both the density of the writing as well as my frequent need to engage in peripheral reading, slowed the process.
- Essay: Coast Salish History by Alexandra Harmon→
- Article: Native American vs. American Indian: Political correctness dishonors traditional chiefs of old→
- Article: Blackhorse: Do You Prefer ‘Native American’ or ‘American Indian’? 6 Prominent Voices Respond→
“Each time we choose to elect our own names and references we are empowered. This discussion does not argue that the term ‘Indian’ is better, or that ‘indigenous’ is, or to invalidate being an American or not to be; it is about choice; what we choose as well as how and why we used these names. One thing is certain, we can all agree to reject pejorative references to Native people, e.g. ‘redskins,’ ‘squaw,’ ‘savages,’ etc.” - Resource: Accomplices not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex by from IndigenousAction.org→[Excerpts/Notes→]