Global Equity Forward

Repair is real work.
It requires restraint, accountability, and a willingness to remain in relationship even when doing so is uncomfortable.
Anything less is reassurance, not repair.

Trust does not rupture all at once.
It thins.
Most losses of trust aren’t dramatic. They happen quietly, as people adapt to what feels unsafe or unwelcomed.
By the time trust is named as “broken,” it has often been thinning for a long time.

Trust creates the conditions under which tension can exist without destroying connection.
Disagreement isn’t the opposite of trust.
Often, it’s the place where trust is tested—and revealed.

Over time, being an other has taught me to notice things I once missed—how bodies move, how power operates quietly, how identity can orient us rather than protect us.

This essay reflects on difference not as a problem to solve, but as a vantage point that can expand empathy, humility, and awareness.

I hope it invites reflection and conversation.

What Being an Other Teaches Us: www.globalequityforward.com/reflections-library/what-being-an-other-teaches-us

What Being an Other Teaches Us: Perspective, Embodiment, and Belonging | Global Equity Forward This essay reflects on what it means to be “an other” across cultures and contexts, and how embodied experiences of difference shape perception, empathy, and moral imagination. It explores otherness not as a fixed identity, but as a learned vantage point that can deepen how we see, lead, and bui...

When words lose their weight, trust doesn’t disappear—it becomes impossible to sustain.

This reflection explores why accountability and shared standards matter for civic life, and what it means to re-tether language to reality.

Read this week's essay: www.globalequityforward.com/reflections-library/the-vanishing-weight-of-words

Alongside writing, conversation has long been part of how I think and learn. Before Global Equity Forward took its current shape, many of these questions showed up in spoken form—through interviews and long-form conversations.

If you’re curious to hear more of the voice behind GEF, this Yale College Voices conversation offers one place to start. We talk about my background, the path that brought me to Yale, and the experiences that continue to shape my work and view of the world.

I’ve also explored these themes as a co-host of Off-Track, On-Purpose, a podcast season featuring people using advanced training to do people-centered, real-world work beyond traditional paths.

Sharing here as another entry point into the work.

Bridging Borders: Dr. Mya Fisher's Journey from Neurosurgery Dreams to Global Education Join Darice Corey, the host of the Yale College Voices Podcast, as she sits down with Dr. Mya Fisher. Mya is a dynamic individual whose journey unfolds from ...

A reflection on what government shutdowns reveal about the systems beneath our daily lives—and what becomes visible when those systems pause.

Read more on the GEF site →

Seeing the System Beneath the Shutdown | Global Equity Forward | Global Equity Forward A civic reflection on what a government shutdown reveals about the unseen systems and people that keep daily life moving—and how gratitude can bridge the gap.

Welcome to Global Equity Forward.

GEF is a learning and reflection studio creating tools, writing, and community spaces that help people better understand themselves, society, and public life.

Here, I’ll be sharing reflections, essays, learning opportunities, and invitations into thoughtful community—work grounded in curiosity, empathy, and the belief that reflection is a public good.

If you’re new here, I’m glad you’ve found your way in.

Check out this virtual event (this Thursday, September 23rd) as part of the 2021 Fall Puppet Forum Series, and in conjunction with the Puppetry’s Racial Reckoning exhibit for the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry. The event titled, "Animating Memories of Japanese American Incarceration” features Japanese American theater artist Kimi Maeda, a recipient of a Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship from the Japan-US Friendship Commission in 2017.

You must register to attend!

Virtual Puppet Forum: “Animating Memories of Japanese American Incarceration” For its first installment of the 2021 Fall Puppet Forum Series, and in conjunction with the Puppetry’s Racial Reckoning exhibit, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will host “Animating Memories of Japanese American Incarceration” with theater artist Kimi Maeda and UConn Professor Han...