Shay 
Eleven years ago, I started my position as executive director of one of the oldest anti-racism organizations in the United States. Founded in 1968, we believe there is only one other anti-racism organization that is older than us. When I came on board, it was seen as a new beginning. I was the first Black …
Life moves fast and technology over the years has helped to make life move even faster and, while much of today’s technology has added to our lives, the uncomfortable truth is that it has also taken away from our lives. In the last 20 years, we have become a society where information is literally at …
It wasn’t that long ago in the United States that a white person could say or do harmful things to a Black person—including lie on them to get them in trouble—and, well, there would be few (if any) legal repercussions. Emmett Till, anyone? A white lady lied about a Black child’s actions, and he lost …