A LEADERSHIP & GRASSROOTS JUSTICE COLLECTIVE
What is the linden leadership collective?
The Linden Collective is a network of leaders committed to the power of stories to bring healing to the polarization in ourselves and our communities. How does bias that been embedded into our perspectives, habits, bodies, and relationships impact us? It happens when we hold sacred space for one another's stories to transform us. From our oldest traditions, storytelling has always been the way wisdom was passed, how minds were changed, values shaped. Healing from the ground up starts with real conversations—wading into the reality of our own privilege & fragility, holding space for one another's stories until they matter enough to us, and having the courage to tell our own.
"To get to the next level of greatness depends on the quality of the culture, which depends on the quality of relationships, which depends on the quality of conversations. Everything happens through conversations.” – Judith E. Glaser
3 Conversations
Take up the 3 Convo Challenge! Meet someone that you would normally not include in your reference group. Sit with each other over a meal or a cup of tea for three conversations that will connect, inspire, and teach you.
Excerpt from a poem by a Linden Leader (2024)
In your story, I find my own—
not in the sameness, but in the pulse,
the quiet rhythm of being human.
For what we speak here does not end;
it lingers, alive, in the spaces between.
Relational Diversity & Why it Matters
Broadening your relational diversity can greatly enhance mental and physical well-being, emotional health, and cognitive flexibility. Social connections provide emotional support, reduce stress, and boost self-esteem while exposing you to new perspectives and cultural experiences. As diversity expands your understanding and empathy, it also strengthens problem-solving and creativity.
Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General, emphasizes this: “We are living in a time of profound disconnection, and it has consequences for our mental and physical health. Strengthening social bonds can foster resilience, reduce stress, and improve life satisfaction.”