Sunrise Equity

How might we use the power of poems to build story movements that redress inequities in ways that promote the fairness of equity?

Sunrise Equity

Click here to read the poem, Sunset Inequities, first.

The Rhodium rule of equity, the sacred virtue

Be fair and kind to all people,

The planet, the environment, nature,

Biodiversity, animals, the soil and plants.

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Equity, the North Star of virtues

A constellation of transparent accountability

Puts ethical guard rails on individual values

Implodes permissive tyrannies of amoral-immoral freedoms

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Equity, the power abuse antidote

Against biases, isms, prejudices, inequities and discriminations

The cultural humility of equity rises

Above the hubris of inequity cultures

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Launch the Equity Moonshot, a moral journey without an ethical end

Co-design and build an equitable-regenerative-sustainable-future

Build a Statue of Equity

As the elder to the Statute of Liberty

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Open-minded, truth-seeking, virtuous free-thinkers

Embrace interconnectedness, interdependencies

Align together for the greater good

Construct launching pads for Equity Moonshot

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Equity muses pose complex questions

About solving our complex web of self-inflicted wicked problems

Challenge our value systems, perspectives and beliefs

Open-inspire-align our mindsets for the greater good

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Include all voices

Contemplate both/and/and

And more yes-ands

And less yes-buts

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Innovate socio-political innovations

Liberate equity, freedom for all

Unite our sovereignties

To serve the greater good

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Exponentiate mindset transformations

Redesign our systems

Co-create a fair-free-flourishing-future on a healthy planet

For the benefit of all

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Equity muses as Socratic Sherpas

Transformational change agents

Question the ethics of virtues and values

Negotiate shared meanings about fairness

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Cultivate equity governance

Navigate ethical stewardship

Empower distributive leadership

Generate network power for virtuous transformations

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Align our political-private-public sectors

Co-design lifelong intergenerational learning journeys

Build Equity Moonshot movements

Transformating mindsets and systems

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Unleash the virtuous meme

To Love, equity and the pursuit of truth

Fair rules, fair play, fair opportunities and fair rewards for all

Transforms for the game of living and life

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We, the people, as activated citizens

Navigate beyond polarities

Dysfunctional polarizations

Dialectics, yin-yang dynamics

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Adopt and adapt the agile way of multi-polarity

Enable virtues to guide our conflicting value systems

Between conservative and liberal mindsets

Build middle ground for the common good

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Reflect about Sunrise Equity

Enjoy slow thinking, deep learning and contemplation. Muse over the questions and poem.

• What does this poem evoke for you?

• What words or phrases speak to you?

• What evokes new lines of thinking and insights?

Gather within collaborative learning communities to:

• Share your new lines of thinking and insights

• Tell stories about redressing inequities

• Engage in generative dialogues about how to transform our mindsets and our systems to launch Equity Moonshot

• Generate synergistic network power for promote equity governance