Wednesday Wisdom- The Audacious Act of Silence

I do love me some Kwanzaa. This week’s wisdom  talks about Kwanzaa, the audacious act of silence and  thinking deeply about our lives and the world. As we look at the last 30 days of 2010 lets  recommit ourselves to our highest ideals, our best values and visions.May we all have the opportunity to use our gifts to contribute to the healing of the world.  Our purpose on earth is to love and demonstrate that love by action. I pleadge to love and learn  more in 2011

I’m committing to rest: my sabbatical

“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” -Zora Neale Hurston Deeply tired, emotionally exhausted Black women seem to be the norm. Many of us watched our mothers, and grandmothers, and aunts, continue to take on more, and more, and...

You can’t talk about race if you ain’t gonna talk about power

Race is a human-invented concept used to categorize people with devastating consequences. White supremacy is the system of power used to create and reinforce those consequences. Race is more than skin color and hair texture. It is more than boxes or categories we like...

Work Cultures Should Not Consume Us

I have a question, what do you think your life would look like if everything (or even a few!) of the below were reality? Universal health care Universal sick-leave benefits Universal childcare and elder care National parental/care-giver leave policy Thriving wage...