OCTOBER 2020: David Byrne + Rebecca Solnit + Jeremy Okai Davis Are Giving Us Hope
Friends,
A daily and tangible way to exercise your power today (and tomorrow and onward) is to vote with your dollars. Choose the local coffee shop over the national brand. Pay attention to company actions on issues you care about then adjust accordingly. Opt for the B Corp.
Join us by investing in the world you want to see on the other side of 2020.
And please, please, please VOTE in the upcoming elections,
Georgia + Team Modernist
Investment Insights
Turbulent times might cause you to reassess your investment strategy. In a new blog post, we explore the timely question: Is it time to change our strategy?
Curious about how we invest? Ready to get wonky? We added our Investment Methodology to our website. Take a look!
Modernist Takes It Outside
We were honored to be awarded one of the Largest Woman-Owned, Largest LGBTQ-Owned, and Largest Money Management Firms in Oregon and SW Washington for 2020! Thank you, Portland Business Journal.
Meanwhile, Georgia chatted with another leader in the Portland B Corp community, Cameron Madill of Pixelspoke.
Check out their podcast episode where they talk about empowering change for all people, the Modernist way.
Photo by Jason Hill
Fund Your Heroes
Don’t wait until December – The time to give is NOW. With historically low tax rates, you (likely) don’t need a deduction this year! So, let’s rally our dollars for political campaign donations that could drive economic vitality for all.
Sister District is working to end gerrymandering, build progressive power, and help defeat Trump — all by getting Democrats elected to state legislatures.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has a mission to elect local Democrats, retake state houses, and end right-wing gerrymandering across the country.
Art Break: Hope In The Dark
Georgia has been re-reading Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit, one of America's great environmental and anti-war activists and cultural critics.
This text reminds us why and how to nurture hope so we can do the good work necessary for the changes we need.
For some visual inspiration, check out Jeremy Okai Davis' gorgeous work about representation and bias in the history of photography at Portland's Liz Leach Gallery.
A Song That is Really About Hope & Resilience
David Byrne & Brooklyn Youth Chorus singing One Fine Day
Speaking of hope, at Modernist we rely on the arts to guide innovation in our work. Click above to watch one of our creative heroes, David Byrne, sing One Fine Day with the Brooklyn Youth Orchestra.
Even though a man- is made of clay / Everything can change ... In these troubled times, I still can see / We can use the stars, to guide the way / It is not that far, the one fine day
We love this deeper dive on the song from the brilliant Maria Popova of Brain Pickings: this “buoyant hymn of optimism ripples against the current of our time as a mighty countercultural anthem of resistance and resilience, worthy of Whitman.”