{"id":14974,"date":"2022-05-02T23:33:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T23:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/what-were-reading-when-blackness-is-centered-everybody-wins-a-conversation-with-cyndi-suarez-and-dax-devlon-ross\/"},"modified":"2022-05-02T23:33:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T23:33:54","slug":"what-were-reading-when-blackness-is-centered-everybody-wins-a-conversation-with-cyndi-suarez-and-dax-devlon-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/what-were-reading-when-blackness-is-centered-everybody-wins-a-conversation-with-cyndi-suarez-and-dax-devlon-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"What We\u2019re Reading: When Blackness Is Centered, Everybody Wins: A Conversation with Cyndi Suarez and Dax-Devlon Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-12 panel-display mccoppin clearfix \">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 radix-layouts-column2 panel-panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel-inner content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-dynamic-token-fieldnode-gia-submitted-by field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<div class=\"field--name-node-submitted-by\">Submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giarts.org\/blog\/Jaime%20Sharp\">Jaime Sharp<\/a> on May 2, 2022<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-dynamic-token-fieldnode-body field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giarts.org\/\">Nonprofit Quarterly<\/a> published a conversation with president and editor-in-chief Cyndi Suarez, and Dax-Devlon Ross, author, educator, and equity consultant.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s just name and center this right here as pro-Black. It\u2019s not just a place where Black folks can thrive and be. It\u2019s a place where all folks can thrive and be. Because in my understanding, and how I have referenced and thought about history, whenever Blackness is centered, everybody wins,\u201d said Ross.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPro-Black, to me, is connected to the notion of adaptation. It\u2019s connected to, and very much rooted in, the notion of interdependence. It is connected to and rooted in the notion of ideas around vulnerability, and different forms of knowledge and knowing. All of those are invitations to do the exploratory work that is necessary to find out what is next.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nonprofitquarterly.org\/when-blackness-is-centered-everybody-wins-a-conversation-with-cyndi-suarez-and-dax-devlon-ross\/\">Read the full conversation here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/.mccoppin --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Jaime Sharp on May 2, 2022 The Nonprofit Quarterly published a conversation with president and editor-in-chief Cyndi Suarez, and Dax-Devlon Ross, author, educator, and equity consultant. \u201cLet\u2019s just name and center this right here as pro-Black. It\u2019s not just a place where Black folks can thrive and be. 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