Cinder's next Connect & Learn event is scheduled for July 24th. You can register for that event at this link.

Marcus Carter is back, this week discussing the problems with "Assume Good Intent" as a group agreement.

Krystal's LinkedIn

Krystal has spent over 10 years at organizations in various stages of growth, including start-up, nonprofits, governmental, established, and turnaround settings. She brings her understanding of the interconnectedness of the lives of people, and her strength in facilitating the connection of diverse groups of people that allows for the cross-pollination of ideas and unlikely sparks, to foster an environment of creativity and community for organizations to thrive. Most recently, Krystal has led community engagement and equity and inclusion projects for area nonprofits, and served as the Executive Director for a culturally specific nonprofit. Prior to that, she managed recruitment and hiring at the City of Portland. Krystal earned her Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from Portland State University and a B.S. Ed. in Learning and Organizational Change from Northwestern University. Krystal enjoys spending time with her family, harvesting fruits and vegetables from the garden, and making healthy desserts. She loves sports, especially fútbol, and is a self-proclaimed “foodie”.

Mancin's LinkedIn profile

Mancin grew up between Portland and CA. He started his work in an executive training program at US Bank and then moved on to Workforce-focused efforts at WorkSource, Urban League, and then WorkSystems.

Shakunda's LinkedIn profile

Constructing Hope

Shakunda Murphy-Wilson has over 15 years of experience in Human Resources, and she considers herself more than just a "trainer" or "recruiter." She is passionate about people and takes pride in helping them showcase and develop their skills, goals, and accomplishments. With her diverse background and experience across multiple industries, Shakunda is competent in leading, managing, and coaching teams. She has a heartfelt interest in helping companies create a healthy, high-performing team culture and developing programs that enable employees to reach their full potential.

Shakunda is open to discussing Human Resources, Coaching, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion opportunities. If you're interested in connecting with her, don't hesitate to contact her via LinkedIn.

Connect with Dana at @Oregonbrewlab (https://linktr.ee/OregonBrewLab)

Dana Garves received her Chemistry degree from the University of Oregon in 2010, and jumped right into testing water quality for her first post graduation job. Feeling unfulfilled by water QC, Garves set her sights on the beer industry and joined local Eugene beer giant, Ninkasi Brewing Company in 2011. She started providing Oregon Brewers with free alcohol and bitterness analysis while building the quality control laboratory and sensory program at Ninkasi. Recognizing that free science was unsustainable, and affordable science was in rare supply, Garves created Oregon BrewLab in 2014 – a beer lab dedicated to providing fast and accurate testing for brewers and homebrewers. Since 2014 Oregon BrewLab has removed the cost barrier and headache of beverage analysis for over 600 breweries nationwide. While other labs will still be sitting on samples for weeks, Oregon BrewLab takes pride in offering quick 2 day turn around on TTB certified, affordable beverage testing. Check out the website at oregonbrewlab.com or find OBL on Instagram for the weekly Science Friday posts."

Cinder's Connect and Learn event - this week! (May 22) - Eventbrite link

Daelynn's LinkedIn profile

Daelynn Moyer is a Software Engineering Manager at Indeed where she helps people get jobs. Prior to moving into a leadership role several years ago, she spent 20 years as a self taught software engineer, building systems in support of industries as diverse as transportation, heavy manufacturing, FinTech, LegalTech, Aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing. She's built networks of electric vehicle charging stations, flight deck software for commercial jets, programming and configuration tools for heavy trucks, and control interfaces for electron microscopes. That deep technical background works in her favor as she builds and guides diverse, equitable, and high-performing software engineering teams on a foundation of empathy, trust, and authenticity. She and her wife live in the Portland, Oregon area where they obsess over their 1963 ranch home and all things mid-century modern. While Daelynn is proud to be a woman of transgender experience, her life's greatest achievement is teaching her cat to stand on his hind legs and turn a pirouette.

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Zhou Fang's LinkedIn profile

Zhou Fang is the founder and principal consultant of Intersectional Group LLC, a leadership practice with a focus on intersectionality, empathy and compassion, as well as curiosity.

Zhou is an advocate for pay transparency and equity, immigration reform and climate justice, as well as a committed ally for the LGBTQ+ and Indigenous communities.

Currently, Zhou serves on the board of Portland HR Management Association. She also hosts The Intersection, a podcast program about identity, personal journey, and leadership.

Outside of work, Zhou is a proud dog and plant parent and a comedy and horror movie enthusiast. She appreciates good food and loves to travel.

The Immigrant Story (local non profit)

Intersectionality Matters! (podcast)

The 3 Body Problem (book)

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Heather Cox Richardson - Letters from an American

Robert Hubble - Today's Edition newsletter

Simon Rosenberg - Hopium Chronicles

Yes Magazine

Sylvia's LinkedIn profile

Sylvia was born in Colombia and moved to the U.S. when she was 18. She worked as a Computer Engineer for almost 12 years and is now obsessed with US politics; she loves learning about what’s going on in DC and how different policies might affect us.

Sylvia's main goal is to help Latinos in the U.S. feel less overwhelmed by politics and to help change Latino representation in politics and the media. By sharing what’s going on, why it matters, and how it affects us all, she shows her audience how and why to get involved and create change (in their own way).