Ways to Stand with the People of Haiti and Afghanistan — “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of our newest Neighbor Teams at GatherFor, consisting of five mothers living in Brooklyn, has come up with the following…

By Teju Ravilochan (contributing editors: Colette Kessler & Vidya Ravilochan) — “The fastest way to learn is to be slightly wrong in public.” — Patrick O’Shaughnessy In April 2021, I published a post originally titled Maslow Got It Wrong. Turns out, I got a number of things wrong in that post myself. Feedback from readers led me to digging in deeper…

By Teju Ravilochan (contributing editors: Vidya Ravilochan and Colette Kessler) — Author’s Note: This is a complete revision of the post originally titled “Maslow Got It Wrong.” My earlier version included inaccuracies, as some readers pointed out, like the assumption Maslow depicted his theory in a pyramid shape. I have documented and attempted to correct these errors in this companion post…

By Teju Ravilochan — Over the last few years, I have been researching models that centered the experience of belonging for people as a transformative and overlooked part of addressing society and structural inequality. One of the models I’ve been most inspired by for years, ever since I was lucky enough to work with…

By Teju Ravilochan — We’re in the process of submitting a form to secure 501c3 status for GatherFor, with the help of some wonderful and supportive lawyers. One of them asked, in reading about our work, “How do you know that the people you’re giving $500 to will use it appropriately?” He was referring…

By Teju Ravilochan — A New Series on the Internal Work of Justice On a recent podcast episode of On Being, Krista Tippet reflected on growing up in the sixties, when the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 were passed. Though these laws transformed our country, she wondered why, more than 50 years later, the scenes in our streets and the discussions…

By Teju Ravilochan — A response to the structurally-designed separation in our country. Below is an excerpt from an email written by Gather For’s Founder Teju Ravilochan to our team. We wanted to share this publicly to add our message to the movement: Black Lives Matter. We’re pledging to do our small part in…

By Laura Saracho — What we’ve learned since starting GatherFor. It’s been almost two months since we began GatherFor. During a short seven weeks, we’ve created partnerships, renamed our company, engaged with and trained volunteers, talked with people in New York who are struggling to have their basic needs met, and have had long conversations about the unique value we…