Morgan Overton, MSW
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I was talking with friends about the age-old question of whether you can make change on the inside, or the outside of an institution.

What say y’all? How have you been able to make impactful change despite the bureaucracy within a system and/or influence it from the outside?
07:59 PM - Feb 05, 2023
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axmed maxamed
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In response to Morgan Overton, MSW.
I tried, spent a lot of time and energy into it, but if you are about real change, you will drain yourself and in the end, you either leave or will be forced to leave and they will find a replacement who 'looks' like u but who won't rock the boat. i now focus on doing things outside of institutions
09:15 PM - Feb 07, 2023
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axmed maxamed
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In response to axmed maxamed.
i see a lot of ppl that were praising me for calling out institutions, now aligning themselves with the same institutions, which was and still sort of is frustrating & painful (especially when it is fellow Black queer folks), but i am on a path of letting it go and focusing on what i'm doing.
09:19 PM - Feb 07, 2023
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Keisha Jerry-Benain
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In response to Morgan Overton, MSW.
I once believed if you’re smart, really good at wht u do & earn the respect of the institution’s decision maker(s), u could begin to mk incremental changes which could lead to meaningful change, but I hv since realized that I was naive. If change is possible, it requires something entirely different
08:43 PM - Feb 05, 2023
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Morgan Overton, MSW
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In response to Keisha Jerry-Benain.
Whewww a word! 👏🏽👏🏽
08:57 PM - Feb 05, 2023
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DJEPHD
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In response to Morgan Overton, MSW.
I thought about this question too. I have not been able to make change inside of an institution. I have only been punished for trying to make change. After all of these years in higher ed I have come to this conclusion: inside or out, if you are about real change THEY SEE YOU COMIN...
08:03 PM - Feb 05, 2023 (Edited)
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Morgan Overton, MSW
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In response to DJEPHD.
Yesss! And the “threat” they fear is the fact that you illuminate a mirror on them that they can’t run from. #TheySeeYouComin
08:17 PM - Feb 05, 2023
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