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  • July 2025 Announcement

    July 2025 Announcement
    2025/07/01

    The May 13 Group will be closed from mid-July to mid-August. Our team will be tending to our other gardens, which means time away from email and limited engagement with social media. In the meantime, you can stay connected with us through ⁠our website. If you would like to reach us, you can do so at team@themay13group.net and we will respond when we can after we return in August.
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  • Can we rethink individualism & collectivism?

    Can we rethink individualism & collectivism?
    2025/06/10

    In this episode, hosts Carolina and Vidhya dive deep into collectivism in relation to the (neo)liberal ideology of individualism that underpins the nonprofit/nongovernmental industrial complex and evaluation. We invite Naaima Khan, a strategist and evaluator, to discuss the implications of collectivism in the context of structurally-focused analysis and action. The conversation weaves personal reflections, historical definitions, and critiques of language to explore themes of leadership, accountability, and culture. We discuss the need to shift how success is defined, acknowledging the discomfort that often accompanies true collectivism.

    Episode 10 TRANSCRIPT⁠

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    • “Inspired” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)⁠ ⁠⁠Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0⁠⁠⁠

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    • Carolina: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/carodela
    • Nayantara: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayantara-premakumar⁠
    • Vidhya: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyashanker⁠⁠⁠


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  • Quarterly Compost (Spring '25)

    Quarterly Compost (Spring '25)
    2025/05/13

    In this episode, hosts Carolina and Vidhya reflect on our first year building a solidarity economy through this podcast. We connect recent topics—collective knowledge-making, individualism, and the idea of an economy—to each other, evaluation, accountability, and resource distribution. We note the years of work ahead, as today's socio-political situation results from decades of deliberate effort, not recent elections. Grateful for your feedback, we commit to being accessible to everyone fighting within the nonprofit industrial complex.

    ⁠⁠⁠Episode 9 TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠

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      • “Inspired” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)⁠ ⁠⁠Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0⁠⁠⁠

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    • Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://themay13group.net⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • LinkedIn:

      • Carolina: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/carodela⁠⁠⁠⁠
      • Nayantara: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayantara-premakumar⁠
      • Vidhya: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyashanker⁠⁠⁠


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  • What is an Economy?

    What is an Economy?
    2025/03/18
    In this episode, Carolina and Vidhya engage in dialogue with ⁠Justin Laing⁠ of ⁠Hillombo Consulting⁠ to understand the idea of an economy, which is foundational to building a solidarity economy. We delve into the way knowledge—or perhaps narrative—is produced within racial and gendered capitalism and the role evaluation plays for the owning and ruling class. We close with an invitation to imagine what knowledge work could look like, and what individual roles we each may play, in alternative economic structures. Justin can be found at ⁠www.hillombo.net⁠,⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram ⁠@hillombo⁠, and using his name on ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠Episode 8 TRANSCRIPT⁠⁠Notes ⁠here⁠References (more ⁠⁠here⁠)⁠Nego Gato⁠; ⁠Olorisha⁠; ⁠Lukumi⁠⁠Mni Sota Makoce⁠⁠Ojibwe Chippewa Tribe⁠⁠American Indian Movement⁠⁠Shawnee Tribe⁠Critical Pedagogy⁠⁠It's the Economy, Stupid⁠⁠Supply & Demand⁠⁠Centrally Planned Economy⁠⁠Elinor Ostrom⁠⁠All Economies are Ultimately Human Economies⁠⁠Political Economy of Economic Policy⁠⁠Economy Studies⁠⁠Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism⁠⁠Eurocentricity⁠⁠National Struggle⁠⁠Feminist Economics Critique to Neo-Classical Economics⁠⁠Collaborate to Co-Liberate⁠⁠Gopal Dayaneni⁠⁠There is No Alternative⁠⁠Clip from “Surviving Progress”⁠⁠Nonprofit Industrial Complex 101⁠⁠Practice & Prospects of Socialism in China⁠⁠Strategic Revolutionary Thought & Legacy of Hugo Chávez⁠⁠Assessing the Cuban Experience⁠⁠What is Racial Capitalism & Why Does It Matter?⁠⁠Origins of the Professional-Managerial Class⁠⁠Cedric Robinson, Racial Capitalism & the Return of Black Radicalism⁠⁠South African Tradition of Racial Capitalism⁠⁠What is the Working Class?⁠⁠Capitalism⁠⁠Why Do We Say that Hegel is an “Idealist”?⁠⁠Idealism or Materialism⁠⁠Democracy & Evaluation⁠⁠John Rawls⁠⁠What is the Capitalist Class?⁠⁠Marxist Theory of the State⁠⁠How America Became Capitalist⁠⁠Origin of Cost–Benefit Analysis⁠⁠Social Darwinism, Race & Research⁠⁠Gramsci & Hegemony⁠⁠Twilight of Neoliberalism⁠⁠Charter Schools, Market Capitalism & Obama’s Neo-liberal Agenda⁠⁠How Free Market Logic Fails in Schooling⁠⁠Market Liberalism Meets Ideological Conservatism⁠⁠Surplus⁠⁠Theory of Change⁠⁠e·val·u·ate⁠⁠What Base & Superstructure Mean in Marxism⁠⁠Marx’s Theory of Class Struggle⁠⁠What Is Liberalism?⁠⁠Important Insights into the Problems of National Liberation & Imperialism⁠⁠Working Poor⁠⁠History of the Tax-exempt Sector⁠⁠On Contradiction⁠⁠Historical Materialism⁠⁠Dialectics, Historical Materialism & Class Struggle⁠⁠Domenico Losurdo⁠⁠Marxism vs Intersectionality⁠⁠Scary S Word⁠⁠State & Revolution⁠⁠Defining Socialism⁠⁠What Do We Mean by Solidarity Economy?⁠⁠Socialism & the Legacy of the Soviet Union⁠⁠Gabriel Rockhill⁠⁠Manifesto of the Communist Party⁠⁠Understanding Left Wing Politics & Capitalism⁠⁠We Didn’t Cross the Border⁠⁠Catherine Liu⁠Why is there so much Conf
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  • What is Individualism?

    What is Individualism?
    2025/02/11
    Carolina and Vidhya reflect on individualism and interrogate how it shows up in our personal lives and is built into our work—including NPIC and evaluation’s training, practice, and literature as well as existing field-building and change efforts.⁠⁠Episode 7 TRANSCRIPTNotes02:17 “Utopia” asperceived or portrayed by dominating forces11:55 Concentric circles still center the individual and nuclear family, unlike the more web-like nature of many kinship structures around the world, including South Asia and West Africa.21:45 Others may counter that democratic governance structures had existed among peoples in Africa, the Americas, and Asia before the European Enlightenment. See more⁠here⁠.29:22 The programs that Roosevelt and Johnson instituted were systematically eroded throughout the 1980s as “personal responsibility” replaced “rugged individualism.” See morehere.38:36 The setup is that colonial and capitalist destruction of our lands, economies, and social structures leads us to seek opportunities to fulfill our dreams—or simply survive—elsewhere. See morehere.41:37 The artist did not want to ruin her child’s innocence—it was an act of resistance and demonstration of sovereignty to have her child grow up in a way that was not defined by colonization and racism. See morehere.ResourcesThe Origins of “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps”The Dust BowlHuck's Ironic CircleIndividualism and Opposition to Redistribution in the USThere’s No Such Thing as a “Self-Made Man”BootstrappedThe Role of Complexity Studies in the Emerging “Processual” WorldviewA Processual Approach to Political ViolenceTime and ProcessHistorical Determinism RevisitedSocial, Political and Cultural Dimensions of HealthUnderstanding the Connection Between Political and Social Determinants of HealthBronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems TheorySystems Thinking and RaceKinship pathways: Nurturing and Sustaining Resilient, Responsible, and Respected Indigenous EvaluatorsThe Moral Philosophy of IndividualismIndividualism, Innovation, and Long-Run GrowthIndividualism: A Deeply American PhilosophyPolitical PhilosophyIdeologies of the IndividualDefining SocialismCommunist ManifestoThe Interstate agePlessy’s LegacyLand Acquisition and DispossessionThe Short‑Lived Promise of ‘40 Acres and a Mule’Natural RightsIndividualism vs CollectivismAge of ReasonThe Declaration of IndependenceJohn Stuart MillUnderstanding Power through Advocacy, Organizing, and ActivismLabor MovementThe 5 Basic Steps to Organizing a UnionDirect Action OrganizingThe Right to StrikeHistory of Successful BoycottsWhat Makes a Successful Protest?The Fight for RightsHerbert Hoover SpeechStock Market Crash of 1929From Rugged Individualism to Rugged CooperationRoosevelt and the New DealThe Rise of Antislavery ThoughtsYears of Adventure 1874-1914The rise and fall of Andrew MellonHow Three Families Shielded their Fortunes from Taxes for GenerationsWhy Social Security was the Cornerstone of FDR’s New DealGreat Society Programs, Definition & LBJThe Unusual Ways Western Parents Raise ChildrenNorth American Culture: Undermining BreastfeedingThis is the Closest Thing We’ve Ever Had to a Hillary Clinton Political ManifestoMargaret ThatcherHealth Promotion and the Knowledge-Attitude-Behavior ContinuumSocial ContractExploring African Relational Ethic of UbuntuMarv AlkinEvaluation RootsEvaluation Roots: An International PerspectiveManifest DestinyEvaluation Roots: A Wider Perspective of Theorists’ Views and InfluencesKinnectEmbedding the Graduate Education Diversity Internship Program Within a Larger SystemMusic“Inspired” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ⁠⁠Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0⁠⁠Contact:⁠⁠https://themay13group.net⁠⁠⁠Carolina:https://www.linkedin.com/in/carodela⁠⁠⁠Vidhya:https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyashanker⁠⁠Donate!https://the-may-13-group.raiselysite.com
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  • What is “The Power of Perspective?”

    What is “The Power of Perspective?”
    2024/11/19

    In this episode, we discuss “The Power of Perspective: Generations of Evaluators Generating Change,” an interactive journey map featured at the 2022 American Evaluation Association conference. Rooted in popular education and critical pedagogy, it highlighted the suppression of critical voices in evaluation and connected participants’ lives to a lineage of resistance within the field. We discuss its development, installation, and reception, along with future plans, including digital platforms, workshops, university curricula, and ‘zines. Efforts to enhance accessibility, including language and disability justice, are part of the ongoing collaboration’s dreams.

    ⁠⁠Episode 6 TRANSCRIPT⁠

    Notes

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    References

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    • Music

      • “Inspired” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ⁠⁠Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0⁠⁠

    • Contact us

    • Website:⁠⁠ https://themay13group.net⁠⁠⁠

    • LinkedIn:

    • Carolina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carodela⁠⁠⁠
      • Nayantara: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayantara-premakumar
      • Vidhya: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyashanker⁠⁠


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  • Quarterly Compost (Fall '24)

    Quarterly Compost (Fall '24)
    2024/10/15
    In this episode, thought partner and podcast producer Nayantara Premakumar joins hosts Carolina and Vidhya to reflect and update listeners on our retreat and recent milestones. We share our struggles resisting racial/gendered capitalism through cooperative, decentralized, and transparent governance and ownership structures. This includes a discussion of fiscal sponsorship and technocratic tools for decision-making. We also highlight upcoming changes to the podcast, including efforts to tie together our personal, professional, and political analyses; to acknowledge the lands we’ve inhabited; and to explicitly prompt reflection and action.⁠⁠Episode 5 TRANSCRIPT⁠Notes01:30: It was a post on NPOCunicorns | People of Color Nonprofit Professionals, not a Facebook ad17:21: Is Fiscal Sponsorship Right for You? gets at some of our hesitation. See more on The May 13 Group PODCAST webpage.21:03: While Caro took the lead on this effort, the list referred to here was actually compiled by the New Economy Coalition’s Solidarity Economy Funding Library, which we think we became aware of through the Open Collective. Open Collective allows groups to raise and distribute money in a transparent, decentralized way. See more on the PODCAST webpage.29:12: “Society at large” is meant to suggest everyday members of society who may not directly participate in the funded and evaluated programs—for example, will they benefit from reduced crime, etc. It is meant to drive a wedge between them and the underclass who do directly participate in funded and evaluated programs. See more on the webpage.30:24: This understanding does not reflect the most recent research, such as The origins of SWOT analysis | ScienceDirect, which suggests that SWOT was developed by industries that profit by serving the U.S. military’s imperial interests and the business model of never-ending war, but it was not necessarily developed by military institutions. It was, however, uncritically adopted by nonprofit organizations despite the nature and ostensible purpose of their work being entirely different. Of course, military responses do have their place (e.g., Black Panthers, Zapatista).39:09: The expansion is not exactly exponential in that it does not reflect the change between 3 to the 4th power and 3 to the 3rd power. But the expansion is not linear because the increment of growth is not static or consistent—it continually increases.ReferencesChainLink StudiosSORA PodcastLearn about Vu Le and Community-Centric FundraisingNonprofit Industrial Complex 101: A primer on how it upholds inequity and flattens resistanceExploitation | Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyMarx's Theory of Alienation | Richard Wolff on Economic Update; also see What Is Alienation? | Socialism 101The Buffer Zone with Paul Kivel; also see Social Service or Social Change? | Paul Kivel and the book review The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Behind the Non-Profit Industrial ComplexDylan Rodríguez (He/Him)Strategy as engagement: What organization strategy can learn from military strategy | Science DirectNew Economy CoalitionA Historical Overview of Philanthropy, Voluntary Associations, and Nonprofit Organizations in the United States, 1600-2000Beware the tyranny of structurelessness; see the original article, The Tyranny of StucturelessRobert's Rules of Order; see also Roberta’s RulesBasic concepts and principles | Sociocracy for AllLean CoffeeThe Fibonacci Sequence: Nature's Code; see also Golden Ratio for Art BeginnersPythagorean TheoremThe May 13 Group PODCAST Episode 1: Who are we?Active, acute, overt physical genocide as distinct from—but related to—seemingly passive, chronic, and covert structural genocideMusic“Inspired” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) ⁠⁠Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0⁠⁠Contact us Website:⁠⁠ https://themay13group.net⁠⁠⁠LinkedInCarolina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carodela⁠⁠⁠Vidhya: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyashanker⁠⁠
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  • September Announcement

    September Announcement
    2024/09/10

    We're going to be taking a break this month, but we'll be back in October. In the meantime, you can stay connected with us on our website themay13group.net.

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