HeyJaredBe a Ladder Leader
Essays, op-eds, and musings from the edge—spotlighting leadership through the eyes of a Black woman who leaped off the glass cliff and soared to new heights.
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EP. 18 Art I Facts (opens the original)
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Lonnie Bunch is leaving the Smithsonian. I was five and a half years old on the observation deck of the Washington Monument when I first felt the tension in my stomach about whether I was included in the Declaration of Independence. Years later I rode past the National Museum of African American History and Culture for the first time and had a thought I couldn't deny once I heard it. This episode is what happened between those two moments, and how it feels to watch it come full circle.<a class="
Get off the Corpse. We need the wood... (opens the original)
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The Constant State of Being Discovered (opens the original)
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Tick Tock, Who Owns The Clock? (opens the original)
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Hey y’all! Did you know that the men who ended Reconstruction called it Redemption? Yup, They saw themselves as restoring what had been damaged by haste, inexperience, and worse by those people who had been elevated past their competence into offices they were not prepared to hold. The violence was real and it was documented. But the story we get told provided a solid explanation that tried and for the most part succeeded to make us forget the violence because the dominate culture justified the
The Only One in the Boat (opens the original)
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Why I Write — and How You Can Support This Work (the article follows)I’ve lowered my subscription prices to make this space more accessible. Most of my writing is free for the first two months — after that, it’s available to paid subscribers only. Consider subscribing for $5/month or $35/year.Be a Ladder Leader is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.This is not just content. It’s intentional, labor-intensive work r
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