Evaluators, E&L staff, & Practitioners! Do you practice culturally responsive evaluation (CRE) or culturally responsive equitable evaluation (CREE) in philanthropy? Share your wisdom with the field and help me complete my dissertation! Thank you!

This was such a great opportunity to share what we’ve learned. Thanks @EngageRD

Overheard today (and now pondering): “it’s impossible to be objective, the best we can do is be subjective with integrity.”

Throughout the pandemic, I’ve had the opportunity to evaluate and facilitate several community of practice (CoP) spaces. This is such rewarding work! In my recent blog with Engage R+D, I share 5 helpful practices when partnering with CoPs. Check it out!

I wish I could end this thread on a more hopeful note but today is a dark day, not only for my family, but for a nation that has forgotten it’s very recent abusive past. My cousin said it best when she said, “Sure hurts to love you, Philippines. Sure hurts to love you.” 🇵🇭

Now another Marcos will be president and a whole history of trauma repeats itself, not only for my family, but for many families. My relatives and I met via zoom tonight to mourn, share our collective rage, and feel numb together.

As a Filipino American, learning about my family’s anti-Marcos efforts years after the fact and an ocean away, I grew up understanding the Marcos family to be the villains in my family’s history.

Many of my family members knew people who disappeared during the Marcos regime. My cousins and my aunt had to flee the Philippines for their safety while my uncle stayed behind.

My relatives contributed to the People Power Revolution. My uncle was a famous singer of pop/political songs that rallied groups together. My other uncle and aunt were journalists/speech writers, a job that continues to be a dangerous occupation in the Philippines.

The death sentence was not carried out right away. My grandmother was was eventually released from political prison in 1981. Her death sentence was nullified by the Supreme Court after the 1986 People Power Revolution.

During martial law in the Philippines, my grandmother provided aid to anti-Marcos activists when my uncle, her youngest, decided to drop out of college and join the underground movement against Marcos. She was caught and sentenced to death in political prison in 1979.

It’s a dark day. A Marcos will be president of the Philippines again for 6 years. A history of martial law and deep trauma is repeating itself. I ache for my family in the Philippines today. 🌸💕🇵🇭 💓🌸

So much joy can be found by slowing down. 😊 #mothersdayweekendvibes

Evaluation and learning leaders have the potential to be extraordinary and make critical contributions to equity and justice in this transformative moment. It's our hope that this #fieldguide can help leaders in philanthropy navigate their critical roles. https://t.co/V27wEI8E2x

Learn a new word: METANOIA. Used often in a spiritual sense but also refers to the journey of changing one’s mind, heart, self, and way of life; the act of becoming new. I wonder what moments of metanoia will be shared at #AEA2022, a call to (re)shape evaluation together.

Give me 🖐🏾! 🎉🎂 Anyone up for a dance party? Let’s celebrate! #engageat5

Thinking about how I’ve changed over the last 2+ years. As I prepare to enter spaces in-person, particularly community spaces, I want my practice to reflect the inner equity/CRE work I’ve done, actively resisting the urge to slip back to ways that no longer serve me or community.

I wish someone told me sooner that my success as an evaluator would be heavily based on my ability to regularly evaluate myself and my practice. How might the field be different if we led with this in addition to the technical skills related to evaluative work?

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Practicing evaluation across communities takes special care and consideration. @saltzman_anna shares insights from our team on working effectively in diverse contexts: