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Media is feeding the toxicity; this needs to stop

June 23, 2018January 29, 2018 by Shay

I recently posted online about a toxic experience I had during a presentation in Kittery, Maine, on encouraging conversations about race and racism. Also recently, a story was run about the incident, and while me and my co-presenter and friend Debby Irving were quoted (in terms of our comments from the talk), I find it …

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Let’s not make a supercharged new Mammy trend, ok?

June 23, 2018January 9, 2018 by Shay

During the recent Golden Globes broadcast, Oprah Winfrey was honored with the Cecile B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement and, in accepting the award, she delivered a helluva speech. Given this current horrid moment in history, we needed her words and her energy—we needed a momentary respite from the fire and fury of the “very …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural

Reflecting on the year of flames, or Change is possible

June 23, 2018November 11, 2017 by Shay
A city totally aflame in apocalyptic imagery

As someone who is almost never without words, increasingly I come to this space unsure of what to say and how to say it. So today, I go back to my roots and I write the words to which I simply need to give life to—and hope that they will resonate with others. This past …

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