EPISODE 1
Dorcas Cheng-Tozun is Changing the World in Quiet Ways
In this episode . . .
āSelf-compassion strengthens our coping muscles, builds our resilience in the face of challenging and painful experiences, and empowers us to speak out when something isnāt right.ā
āDorcas Cheng-Tozun, Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways (2023)
Bio
Dorcas Cheng-Tozun is a writer, editor, speaker, and communications consultant with nearly twenty years of experience in the nonprofit and social enterprise fields. She served as the first communications director at d.light, a prominent social enterprise, and has provided communications consulting to social-benefit companies globally. Cheng-Tozun is also the author of Let There d.light: How One Social Enterprise Brought Solar Products to 100 Million People (2021) and Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love with Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Start-up World (2017). She previously wrote for Inc.com, and her work has been published in various outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Christianity Today, Image Journal, and others in the U.S., Asia, and Africa. Cheng-Tozun earned a BA in communication and an MA in sociology from Stanford University, as well as a professional editing certificate from the University of California, Berkeley. She currently serves as the editorial director of PAX, a Christian nonprofit focused on inspiring and empowering the next generation of BIPOC contemplative activists, and also teaches social innovation at Valley Christian Schools.
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- āSome of My Social Justice Allies Are Terrifying, and I Value Them for It āSensitiveā types like me wonāt always mesh with more intimidating activists. But we need each other to thriveā Excerpt from Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, Christianity Today, August 14, 2023.
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