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I’m Too Busy For This
One of the most common challenges voiced when I am partnering with client teams looking to make progress on racial equity work is, “We...
Rooted in Purpose
“When the hurricane of whiteness, power and associated accouterments bear down, I might get ruffled. But I will not be uprooted. I dig...
On Mobilizing Outrage
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...
"When you leave here, tell them what you saw here and the hearts of our people."
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 Job.
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"
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 First
Purpose is not about your passion. Purpose is about how you are in relationship to the collective and your role in the bigger picture....
Comfort or Progress? Keynote Video
I was recently the keynote speaker For the Progress at the Agora Theatre for Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. This keynote asked us to...
Permission or Purpose?
Taking action to be more inclusive and just, and working to create belonging does not require permission (or for that matter forgiveness,...
Resistance to Racial Equity Progress
Let's explore one of the most challenging parts of organizational change towards the active practice of racial equity. Resistors. There...
Waiting For The "Right Time"
"We are considering if we want to bring racial equity into our strategic plan." "We have created a committee to explore if equity should...
Three Weapons of White Supremacy
Speed. Silence. Shame. White supremacy is designed to thrive and flourish on speed, silence, and shame. An essential part of racial...
More Healers, Fewer Leaders
We need more healers and fewer “leaders” in our racial equity, justice and belonging work. We need more people willing to heal the...
Fighting Fatigue in Racial Equity & DEI Work
There are lots of tired folks out there. Many people of colors are exhausted by the ongoing racism, bias, diminishment and...
Deflective Language | Racial Equity
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...
Let's Also Be Good Humans.
During a recent client conversation about outcomes and deliverables for organizational racial equity work, we generated quite a list of...
Design for Progress
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...
The Journey to Serve the Collective Good
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...
Equity & Empowerment | Lessons from Bronzeville
Saathi has been in several years of partnerships and work to design a practice that empowers residents to build solutions in new ways. It...
