The story of one daughter’s long-term, messy, imperfect, and altogether inadequate attempts to connect with her father and nudge him closer and closer to an anti-racist practice. My hope is that it provides lessons for those who are similarly striving....
Racial Justice
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In a TEDx Talk, Shelly Tochluk highlights four strategies that have helped her stay grounded when navigating race....
On February 25th, 2018 a panel discussion, “The First 30 Days of Trump,” will take place in Los Angeles as part of a Courage Against Racism program....
What follows is an incomplete version of a speech I delivered at the Rochester YWCA – Person 2 Person Graduation Dinner on June 21, 2016. I am posting it because a number of people asked me for the full transcript following the event....
Meeting the expectations set forth by both spiritual and racial justice circles is easier said than done. Staying in the dialogue, however, and working to find a path through the challenge is essential for collective well-being and social transformation....
john a. powell is a legal scholar, civil rights activist, and all-around brilliant human being. Here are some words from him, delivered via a mass e-newsletter as we approached 2016, that are worth deep consideration and sharing....
Headed toward the theater, I was prepared to be moved, angry, and judgmental of the perpetrator of the crime at the center of the film. What I was not prepared for was the realization that a particular stereotype I’ve held of black people’s lives would be revealed....
There has been no shortage of words spoken and printed on the primary subjects of this piece. I offer my voice now to highlight some of the important messages I received....
I tire of the sound bites and the irrationality so regularly displayed in the national media and via endless internet chatter. It seems that the stories that arrive and disappear with relatively little fanfare somehow touch something in me....
Oakland, CA. White cop. Unarmed Black man lying face down. Shot in back. Murder or mistake?...