The Difference Collective - Andrea Sanchez Rosas

REFLECTIONS Jonathan Larson was the Broadway composer of one of my favorite musicals: Rent. He wrote in one of his songs: “The opposite of war isn’t peace, its creation”. This journey has shaped me in lots of ways, but the most important part of it today for me is how I’m now very proud of being a Latina… I love when people talk to me in Spanish now! It helped me stop being at war with a very important part of my identity. Now, I want to create for my community. I have the tools and understanding that I didn’t have before, so now I can co-create a better future for my community and for others. Now I have more skills to create a more inclusive world. Hopefully, The Difference Collective would help many people share and learn from stories that keep us close, bridge gaps, and connect us. 28

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The Difference Collective - Andrea Sanchez Rosas

Published on Jun 22, 2020

Parsons MS SDM

The Difference Collective is a movement of courageous humans that engages in uncomfortable conversations as a way to address polarization and division, to achieve inclusiveness and connection, and to celebrate the sameness and the difference. This project is closely connected to a journey of self-exploration and learning, thanks to the developmental approach of the Integrated Studio 2 course. It was not only based on the Strategic Design methodology, but also on theories, principles and practices drawn from transformative pedagogy, adaptive leadership, action science, learning organizations, and deliberately developmental organizations. It all started when I realized that growing up in a privileged context in Colombia shielded me in so many ways. At the end, after much research and many pivots, it ended up being a project about the construction of identity and the dynamics around it, and how we should embrace and celebrate not only the sameness but also the difference that exist among all of us.

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