{"id":9181,"date":"2025-09-18T07:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/?p=9181"},"modified":"2025-09-18T08:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:03:02","slug":"embracing-collective-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/2025\/09\/18\/embracing-collective-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing collective leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A letter from the Board of Directors<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Beautiful Community of Movimiento Afrolatino Seattle,<\/strong>
\nIt is an honor to serve you all as members of your Board of Directors. And we would be remissed not to address the constant change that is surrounding us\u2014globally, nationally, locally, and personally. Sometimes it feels like it\u2019s happening by the hour.<\/p>\n

Change can be unsettling\u2026 but it also carries the promise of renewal and optimism. There is no \u201cright\u201d way to respond to it. Here at M\u00c1S, we are experiencing those emotions, right alongside you, as we move through this season of change together.<\/p>\n

We have a change of our own to share. Our beloved leader, and daughter of M\u00c1S, Milvia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra\u2014La Negra\u2014is stepping down as Executive Director.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milvia has led with compassion, solidarity, and intentionality\u2014lifting both the local Afrolatino community and the international community. Tirelessly and selflessly, she carried MAS into its next decade. We honor her profound dedication\u2026 and we are energized by all that she has given. We are looking forward to a new beginning. Milvia\u2019s journey with MAS is not ending, but evolving. Together, we are exploring what her role will look like moving forward. And we are excited to see how her vision and voice continue to shape our future.<\/p>\n

Our commitment to healing, to the arts, and to collective leadership remains as strong as ever. This next chapter gives us the chance to deepen that work together. We are approaching this moment\u2014and the future of M\u00c1S\u2014with continued collective leadership and responsibility. We are being creative with how we share workloads, with our scheduling, and with our internal communications.<\/p>\n

Thank you all for your continued support. And please, do not hesitate to reach out with any concerns or well wishes by emailing us at board@movimientoafrolatino.org.<\/a> [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\n

Please take a few minutes (just five to ten!) to complete this short survey. It\u2019s a valuable chance to share your feedback\u2014and, if you\u2019d like, to leave a kind note for Milvia as well. <\/em><\/h6>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Leave a message” color=”violet” align=”center” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-comment” css=”” button_block=”true” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FaPsAr9WcCx6Lt4x18%20″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]\n
Photo: 2025-26 Board of Directors, Left Top to Right Top, Rossana Col\u00f3n-Thillet (Co-Treasurer), Aviona Rodriguez Brown (President), Otoqui Reyes Pizarro (Vice President), Farrah Ka’healani Rivera (Secretary), Bottom Left to Bottom Right: Debora Olivera-Couch (Co-Treasuer), Milivia Berenice Pacheco Salvatierra (Executive Director), Sandra Huber. Not pictured: Argentina Smith, Delia Pinto <\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Change can be unsettling\u2026 but it also carries the promise of renewal and optimism. There is no \u201cright\u201d way to respond to it. Here at M\u00c1S, we are experiencing those emotions, right alongside you, as we move through this season of change together. We have a change of our own to share. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[109,118,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mas","category-newsletter-en","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9190,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9181\/revisions\/9190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movimientoafrolatino.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}