GET EXCITED: Introducing the Race Equity Cycle
Hi y’all! Earlier this week my ride or die (aka work wife) Ericka Hines and her colleagues at Equity in the Center and ProInspire released a guidebook they’ve spent close to two years developing. It’s called Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture and...
Making Mistakes
To do the work required of social justice is to know that you’re not perfect, can’t be perfect, and that part of the process is learning how to fall and get back up --with grace and fortitude. At some point you or your organization is going to make a mistake. You’re...
Difference, Identity, and Power
How have your ideas, beliefs, and assumptions been shaped by your identities and experiences? How are different identities shaped by power and privilege? How does identity and power play out in the workplace? You are comprised of many different identities --some that...
Symbols Will Never Set Us Free
I’ve spent a lot of time studying movements. What made them successful, where did they come up short? It’s crucial to use our history to inform how we work toward liberation now. To say that the Women’s March last year and this year prompted a lot of reflection for me...
What exactly is Critical Race Theory?
Good morning! The very first time I heard about Critical Race Theory (CRT) I was in college. I hadn't learned about it in school because I attended predominantly white institutions. During this time I was trying to figure out why the education I was paying...
A Love Letter to Activist
Dear Black Creatives, Radicals and Revolutionaries, This a love letter. I feel an overwhelming need to repeatedly thank you for your efforts. Every day you show up and share your voice, your vision, and your passion. The importance of your actions and the strength of...
It Is Not Enough
"In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be antiracist." ~ Angela Davis I am a black woman. Being a black woman can get me killed. My identity can get me killed. Can we just sit with that reality for a moment? My identity can get me killed....
Awareness, Analysis, Action
Liberatory Consciousness Liberatory consciousness is a force that enables an individual to live his or her life in oppressive systems and institutions with awareness and intentionality. We understand that inequity, racial and otherwise, is the result of...
You Can Not Be Neutral
Photo from Boston Globe I choose sides. I have always chosen sides. I have never felt like I had the luxury not to. I take sides because in the fight for justice there is no sideline to stand on. Neutrality is a myth. Many...