I was feeling nervous as I made my way up to the third floor of the Chicago Hilton. It was my very first time at the Creating Change Conference, and I was on my way to “Talking Across Movements: LGBTQ, Economic Justice, Environmental, and Immigrant Rights Leaders Embrace the Cross-Movement Approach”, a panel coordinated by a group of alums from Rockwood’s yearlong fellowships and moderated by CEO Darlene Nipper. I was nervous because I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew our alums would be amazing, thoughtful, and hilarious (of course), but would people understand what "cross-movement" meant? Would they think it was important? Would anyone show up?! I didn’t have to wait too long for an answer: well before the panel even started, the room was so full, people had to sit on the floor and stand in the back. --- See the full post on our blog: http://blog.rockwoodleadership.org/7-powerful-quotes-about-partnership-from-rockwood-alums/

1. Powerful Quotes
About Partnership
F R O M R O C K W O O D A L U M S7

2. “Who cares about the brand?
Who cares whose logo is on top?”
M E H R D A D A Z E M U N
N AT I O N A L P E O P L E ’ S A C T I O N

3. “One of the initiatives coming out of this
cross-movement approach is looking to take
back our democracy, looking to make sure
everyone has access to voting in our country.”
M A R Y N I C O L
G R E E N P E A C E

4. “In the end, people relate
to each other.”
X I O M A R A C O R P E N O
C O A L I T I O N F O R H U M A N E I M M I G R A N T R I G H T S O F L O S A N G E L E S ( C H I R L A )

5. “The answers won’t just come from people
who have been here so far. Not just scientists,
but also folks who are not traditionally
aligned with organizations or working in a
traditional nonprofit structure.”
D A R L E N E N I P P E R
R O C K W O O D L E A D E R S H I P I N S T I T U T E

6. “My advice is, as you’re in your own community,
and you’re running into people that you just
think are interesting, it may not be clear how this
relationship will ever actually pan out or how
you’d work together, but go have coffee.”
S A Y R E E . R E E C E
N AT I O N A L L G B T Q TA S K F O R C E

7. “Part of it is letting go of the notion that there
aren’t going to be tensions, that doing the good
work is always going to feel good.”
K I E R R A J O H N S O N
U N I T E F O R R E P R O D U C T I V E A N D G E N D E R E Q U A L I T Y

8. “If I have taken the time to give
you feedback and it’s taken,
great; if it’s not, my conscience is
clear.”
S TA C E Y L O N G S I M M O N S
N AT I O N A L L G B T Q TA S K F O R C E

9. Since 2000, over 5,000 nonprofit,
philanthropic and social change leaders
from across the globe have gone through
Rockwood’s transformational leadership
development trainings.
We believe that transforming ourselves,
our organizations and our movements
will change the way change is done, and
transform our world.
We offer a range of programs to help
individuals and organizations transform
their leadership using a rigorously tested
and highly effective approach.
Learn more on our website at
rockwoodleadership.org.
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10. Powerful Quotes
About Partnership
F R O M R O C K W O O D A L U M S7