firmly believe that integrating my Native heritage has contributed to my resilience when I went on to new roles within philanthropy to encounter even greater challenges. As I’ve faced off with more overseers, saviors, and my own internalized oppression, I’ve been able to call upon the aspects of myself that are Lumbee, that are the Leading Bird. As humanity faces all kinds of challenges that have come from the separation worldview—the devastation of the planet, the hate and fear between different religions and races and political ideologies—cultivating integration will be key to healing and
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