Privilege Beads
“If you don’t have to think about it, it’s a privilege.” Increasing our awareness of the privileges we hold presents...
January 26, 2018
Relando Thompkins-Jones
2018
Linguistic Diversity as a Social Justice Issue
In The Danger of A Single Story, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks a lot about power; the power to shape the...
January 25, 2018
Neighborhood Leadership Academy Grand Rapids & A Starter List for Learning About Racial Equity
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to co-facilitate the first workshop of the Neighborhood Leadership Academy, an 8-week initiative...
January 23, 2018
Oral History Questions for African Americans Who Survived Jim Crow
In 2013 I was an interviewer on an oral history project that was a collaboration between the Ann Arbor District...
January 22, 2018
Notes from Midwest Conversations 2017
“This summer we are beginning anew, not with what we are against but what we are for; not rejections but...
January 9, 2018
2017
7 Reflective Questions to Process Your Year
Courtney E. Martin‘s ON BEING article entitled “7 Questions to End 2017 With Clarity and Start 2018 With Intention” has...
December 31, 2017
Black & White Photo Challenge
Not sure who started the black & white photo challenge on Facebook, but I really appreciated the kinds of photos...
December 30, 2017
“Take Sides”
As I sat in the airport, awaiting my flight home after my last day at the Social Justice Training Institute,...
December 28, 2017
“Almighty Dollar”
I was at an art exhibit in Chicago recently and these pieces from 1972 and 1973 caught my eye. Description:...
November 22, 2017
Best of N.A.H. October 2017
On the 1st of each month, I share links to some of the best posts from my blog, Notes from...
November 1, 2017
