I care about making funding for high impact causes more robust & diversified. I’m based in the Bay Area, advise Asia-based community builders and run Pineapple Ops. I previously worked in consulting, recruiting and marketing, with a BA in Sociology and focused on social movements. (A little on my journey to EA)
Unless otherwise stated, I always write in a personal capacity.
/’vɛðehi/ or VEH-the-hee
Some posts I’ve written and particularly like:
Advice I frequently give:
If you’re running a retreat, nail the vibes and venue
I’m always keen to hear feedback: admonymous.co/vaidehiagarwalla
Thank you for sharing this Frances, and I’m so sad to hear how difficult the past few years have been. Writing with this much clarity and precision is difficult at the best of times, I can only imagine the amount of work that went into this.
I’ve unfortunately had to help a number of friends raise issues to community health over the years because of how emotionally taxing and difficult it is. Sometimes, it’s also a lack of faith that investing time will actually improve things for the better. And even as a third party, trying to communicate clearly, evaluate whether sufficient action has been taken, manage confidentiality etc are all incredibly high cognitive load and emotional tasks.
While I am very glad you were able to advocate for yourself, I’m so sad that you had to.