You Shouldn’t Have to Beg to Matter

Here's how I shifted from painful advocacy to institutional design, replacing push with pull to keep Indigenous priorities on the agenda.

I'm staring at my Situation Room, three years of UN negotiations spread across my TV screen like a tactical display. It's like that Batman Sonar scene.

Some processes pulse with life, others have flatlined.

Lo-fi beats fill the silence while I scribble in Notes: What to push for at UNPFII.

You're here because you're exhausted from working twice as hard for half the recognition. Tired of watching your wins get reversed the moment key people rotate out. Tired of being treated like an optional add-on instead of essential infrastructure.

Here's how I cracked the code on creating change at the UN.