Her Service, Her Story: A Lesson in Pivoting for What Matters

Hello all,

In this last full week of Women's History Month, I was reminded that being an ally requires us to keep looking around and making sure we are sharing space with others.

Sometimes, our plans and agendas need to be adjusted, but we don't always make those adjustments easily! We resist making adjustments when it means rethinking, regrouping, and reprioritizing.

But the task of allies can often be to step aside when others need to be heard, and to adjust so that new information can be shared.

A few days ago, Maria Garrity alerted me to the fact that the CPD was hosting Her Service, Her Story: Understanding & Supporting Women Veterans Across SUNY at the same time that I scheduled our next WIT Chapter Leaders community of practice meeting this Friday. And I want to have those meetings! And all the chapter leaders are very busy people. And there are always choices to be made in scheduling...and maybe it would be recorded? We have things to do at those meetings.

I could go on and on with all the reasons to keep the WIT meeting. And yet...doesn't this program opportunity fit right into the reason we have WIT in the first place?

So I asked the community of WIT Chapter leaders, and the quick replies advised me that rescheduling our meeting would be appreciated!

They wanted to listen, learn, and support our SUNY women veterans. And so do I. And so can you!

All the best,
Holly