One of the most common challenges voiced when I am partnering with client teams looking to make progress on racial equity work is, “We...

“When the hurricane of whiteness, power and associated accouterments bear down, I might get ruffled. But I will not be uprooted. I dig...

On a recent webinar, as the pandemic sealed us off in corners of bedrooms and makeshift home offices, the check-in question of the day...

In 1997 I lived in Palestine. It is where I learned first hand about rubber bullets (they don’t bounce off of your skin, FYI), about the...

My j-o-b is to do anti-racism work— to facilitate transformation in people and the systems in which they work. It is a weird job to have,...

All of a sudden; overnight. In an instant; day by day — we changed. The pandemic hit and we have mobilized. We are shifting some rules of...

Purpose is not about your passion. Purpose is about how you are in relationship to the collective and your role in the bigger picture....

I was recently the keynote speaker For the Progress at the Agora Theatre for Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. This keynote asked us to...

Taking action to be more inclusive and just, and working to create belonging does not require permission (or for that matter forgiveness,...

Let's explore one of the most challenging parts of organizational change towards the active practice of racial equity. Resistors. There...

"We are considering if we want to bring racial equity into our strategic plan." "We have created a committee to explore if equity should...

Speed. Silence. Shame. White supremacy is designed to thrive and flourish on speed, silence, and shame. An essential part of racial...

We need more healers and fewer “leaders” in our racial equity, justice and belonging work. We need more people willing to heal the...

There are lots of tired folks out there. Many people of colors are exhausted by the ongoing racism, bias, diminishment and...

The more deeply I engage in the work of advancing racial equity, the more often I see the myriad of ways the real work is deflected, lost...

During a recent client conversation about outcomes and deliverables for organizational racial equity work, we generated quite a list of...

Here is a short excerpt from a recent keynote I gave at the end of 2018 with community leaders from around the US as we explored how we...

My Dad often asked me as I grew up, “Are you helping people?” Among his many amazing sayings that have had a lasting impact on me, this...

Saathi has been in several years of partnerships and work to design a practice that empowers residents to build solutions in new ways. It...