Learn how the phrase, "Constructive Discomfort," will anchor the year because it encourages us to stretch beyond our comfort zone.

Someone needs to hear this…so please share it with them.

What would it look like if we disrupted this cycle, sticking to the principle of learning from others and maintaining our attention on ourselves?

In Unapologetic, Charlene Carruthers writes "All people must see themselves in the work and have something at stake." This episode explores what's at stake for me with my involvement in equity work and asks you to consider the question.

We have to overcome our strong desire to stay at rest and our aversion to change. One possible solution includes interrogating our WIIFM. We have to be able to answer this question to move our institutions towards equitable systems and environments.

Life is difficult at some point for everyone. Privilege connotes ease, which seemingly contradicts the reality of one’s lived experience since we all struggle.

What works well for you? What are ways that you handle the various tasks and responsibilities that come your way? Please share in the comments. Teamwork makes the dream work!

Reduce the distance and get closer to the folks that we want to be present. They will need it, if they change their beliefs.

With words like “anti-racist” and “anti-bias,” schools have publicly declared what they are against. What then are the characteristics that we want to elevate?

President Obama’s recent comment about “snappy slogans” like “Defund the police” encouraged us to think about relationships and our need to become the architects of our environment.

Right now, our motivation is low, our burnout is high, and many schools have stopped. Unfortunately, the restart looms.

While all that and more needs to be done to create and sustain an equitable community, we can start with some small and meaningful changes.

Many people who set a goal to run a marathon never run again after they’ve complete it. It’s dope that they accomplished such a feat and they missed something meaningful.

Today’s post highlights a mantra that I wish independent schools would adopt around their equity initiatives: “Complete it or dead it.”

About a year ago, I decided to start a podcast. Here is the first. published episode.

White supremacy is the computer program in the background for our country.

Some thoughts after election day 2020

In June 2015, Bree Newsome become a national icon for her courageous act of scaling a pole to remove the Confederate flag in front of the South Carolina State House grounds. Learn about her accomplice, Jimmy, and why we need more accomplices.

And today, on my Granny’s birthday, I am actively choosing to start, to share my voice with the world.