My Summer Reading List! – Time to turn the pages…
It’s August and it's time for my summer break. I take off every August to reset and renew prior to the Fall overwhelm, which always hits my firm as we wrap up client work for the year. I savor this time – I stare at the ocean, I eat ALL the seafood in sight, I nap,...
There’s no equity without reproductive justice: We will continue fighting for each other
Many of y'all know that every day I get up and say aloud my grounding vision for equity work. It is the famous quote from Assata Shakur: “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to...
Racism hurts white folks too
Hello friends, The majority of my work focuses on how people from dominant groups oppress others and benefit from systems of oppression and inequality. But something that we don't talk about enough is the cost of oppression for people in dominant groups. I want to...
Do y’all want it, or do you want to say you did it?
We are on-boarded into organizations with assumptions and roles, mechanics, and structures of power and oppression already in place. When we do the work of creating equity, we begin to dismantle these assumptions and mechanics. We unveil things about our organizations...
Freedom School Returns
It's that time y'all, we're about to kick off another year of Freedom School! This year will be the last that we offer it and I hope you'll consider joining us. I’ve been spending a lot of time in my library working on this year's curriculum --as usual, it's going to...
Questions lead to Liberation.
Questions lead to Liberation. I believe this — full stop. The right questions lead us to personal growth and breakthroughs, deepen our relationships, and, in community, lead us to the creation of new systems and policies… new strategies, and new challenges....
Creativity, Liberation and Fountain Pens
Last week I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a workshop with Erin Fairchild about the healing found through intentional reflective and liberatory practices, particularly journaling. It was so nourishing y'all. "Creativity is the key to unlock human liberation." -...
My summer reading list
(Fiction recommendations anyone?) I am headed off to my annual beach trip! I take two weeks off every August to reset and renew prior to the Fall overwhelm which always hits my firm as we wrap up 2021 client work. I savor these two weeks --I stare at the ocean, eat...
The truths that live in my blood
(CW: rape and chattel slavery) A few years back I took one of those DNA tests. I know… I know…. don’t come at me y’all…..this is what I learned. I am the quintessential child of people that were enslaved. I am 75% West African and 25% European. The slave and enslaver...