Sistas are done; mules no more

Side-view of a Black woman in glasses with long straight hair looking off into the distance to the left of the screen, with the ocean behind her in the background

It’s rare that I find myself without words, but at the same time having too many words and no starting place. When I wrote my last piece before the election, I never imagined that we would be in this place. At the same time, I never quite believed that there would be a blowout for …

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This is it, the final days before…

Friends, this is it, my last piece before the election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. As I write this, we are two days away from the election and to say tensions are high is an absolute understatement. Many of you have already voted or have your plans in place to vote on Tuesday—or you are …

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When BIPOC folks stumble in our anti-racism journey

A tattered-looking triangular street sign like a yield sign, but with an exclamation point on it

It has been almost 11 years since I decided to take the position of executive director of an anti-racism organization. A move that I hoped would be more aligned with my values and allow me the opportunity to have a more direct impact on dismantling systemic and structural racism. Naively, I also thought it would …

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