NINA Collective

10/20/2026

Pride celebrations can be joyful and meaningful. They are not the full measure of allyship.

Our Trans Joy conversation asks us to consider what solidarity looks like after the parade ends: in workplaces, families, schools, policies, friendships and everyday choices.

Allyship is a practice, not a season.

10/16/2026

We often celebrate the person who speaks up.

Deepa Iyer asks us to pay attention to everyone around that person too.

Who backs the disruptor? Who uses their access? Who ensures the person challenging the status quo is not left carrying the consequences alone?

Systems change takes an ecosystem.

10/13/2026

10/13/2026

If people are afraid that every mistake will permanently define them, they learn to hide mistakes instead of learning from them.

Cornelius Minor of The Minor Collective invites us to think about what it takes to create environments where accountability and growth can coexist.

What does your community do after someone gets something wrong?

10/09/2026

Solidarity is more than agreement.

Deepa Iyer asks us to think about the risks we can take from where we are. That might mean speaking when silence would be easier, sharing access, moving resources or standing beside someone when there is a cost.

The risks will not look the same for everyone.

What can solidarity look like from your position?

10/06/2026

Join us next week for a conversation with Dr. Monique Inez Liston on joy, strategy, and radical imagination as essential tools help us build the future we desire. Sign up or learn more at the link in bio.

10/06/2026

Not every uncomfortable moment is a harmful one.

Sometimes discomfort appears because our assumptions are being challenged, our language is changing or we are being asked to understand someone else more fully.

Our Trans Joy conversation invites us to stay present long enough to learn.

10/02/2026

New reflection from nINA Collective: Who Are We Willing to Stand With?
This piece is part of our ongoing work around rebuilding, care, and collective responsibility in this moment.

Read the full post here → https://www.ninacollective.com/our-blog/who-are-we-willing-to-stand-with

10/02/2026

We talk a lot about becoming better listeners. Cornelius Minor of The Minor Collective gives us something more useful: a practice.

Listening improves when we slow ourselves down enough to notice what is being communicated before deciding what we think about it.

Try it in one conversation this week.

09/29/2026

Hear more about what community can look like in our CHOIR through the link in our bio!