For those of us who are fortunate enough to simply be watching a crisis unfold rather than being the ones directly impacted by it. Anyone who has been paying attention to the horrors unfolding in Palestine over the last 10 months or so (on top of the 75+ years before that) will likely have struggledContinueContinue reading “How To Cope With A Crisis”
Author Archives: Siobhan Kangataran
Change Your Career Today
TL;DR: Rather than changing where you work, focus on what you can do to change how you work, immediately.
Anyone who knows me, or who has been following this blog for a while, will know that I have been on a constant, ever-evolving journey of changing my career. From various dead-end, entry-level roles in Ireland, to increasingly-challenging project management roles in London, and leaving one of said roles to start my own business, I have never
What will we say we did?
Months, years from now, when people ask us, what will we say? What did we do while the Palestinian people were slaughtered? How did we step up, as human beings, in our shared humanity, to make a difference? Did we show up, in person, at a protest or a vigil? Did we show up online,ContinueContinue reading “What will we say we did?”
Make It Make Sense
It hurts my brain and my heart to see history repeating itself so brutally and painfully… I grew up reading stories of injustice and inequality, wishing I had been alive in the ’60s and ’70s so I could have been part of the Civil Rights Movement. I had no idea that it never actually ended.ContinueContinue reading “Make It Make Sense”
How can my activism be more gentle?
Perhaps even the word “activism” may be too harsh for some people, but for me it conjures up images of hope for a better, more peaceful world. While we may not agree with people blocking roads, bridges and airports, or throwing paint on/near works of art, we cannot deny that disruptive action has historically beenContinueContinue reading “How can my activism be more gentle?”