Much remains the same since I wrote this post back in 2014, and some are actually worse. One […]
race
Almost daily I tell folks in my workshops and discussions that it’s okay to make mistakes. When we […]
For the first time since the slaughter of the children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, hearing […]
I don’t know about you but I seem to have an almost magical ability to catalog every moment […]
Watching the students who survived the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School become activists has both […]
When I tell the story of my career path I often use the image of a mosaic. I […]
I live in a segregated neighborhood. That may seem like an odd way to describe my corner of […]
While I was facilitating a discussion about race this week it came up that some people “didn’t want […]
Given their druthers race is not usually the go to conversation topic for most people. It’s not hard […]
The comment was “Anyone who doesn’t think we are living in a police state is deluding themselves.” It […]
There is a moment in every public discussion of race where the topic is no longer the justice […]
Thank god for cell phones. The images of the protests and police reaction in Ferguson, Missouri over the […]
An uncomfortable truth is hidden under the national discussion about music being played too loud, and the hoodies […]
Context matters. Until it doesn’t. Watching and listening to the story unfold of how NFL player Richie Incognito […]
If there is one phrase I could will out of existence it would be “the deserving poor.”
Amidst endless obfuscation and obstruction of the Affordable Care Act and the de-funding of food stamps, politicians, pundits and your average person on the street continue to qualify charity as only appropriate for the deserving.
