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
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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
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
Ending Violence Through Radical Love: Notes from the 2017 A Call To Men Conference
I had an opportunity to attend the national A CALL TO MEN Conference in Minnesota this year. These are just...
October 19, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Power & Privilege Denial in Social Justice Work
“We want to view ourselves positively, and wish others would view us positively as well. Denying the power and privilege...
March 30, 2017
2016
#MacroSW Chat on Toxic Masculinity Sept 15th at 9pm EST
Recently, I came across a collection of tweets shared on Facebook that demonstrated the impact of toxic masculinity at work....
September 14, 2016
A Few Resources for White People Who Want To Help (Special Note Included)
Recently a reader of my blog reached out to me for help with finding resources on racial justice. This reader, who was...
August 21, 2016
5 Considerations for Honest Communication
I write about diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice at Notes from an Aspiring Humanitarian. You can’t talk about any of those things...
March 25, 2016
