To write is to have words in your soul that matter deeply to you; words that ultimately you hope matter to someone else. Over the past decade I have been blessed to have my words read by others and I like to imagine that they add something of value to my readers. However as more …
“Why are you always talking about race?” This question was recently posed to me and while I was able to deflect and lighten the mood, the truth is the question annoyed me. We so desperately want to be a post-racial nation when all the evidence suggests that we are nowhere near being post-racial. It will …
As many of you know, I have recently accepted a position with Community Change Inc. (CCI) in Boston, MA to come on board as their next Executive Director starting in January 2014. What you may not know is that CCI has been in the trenches for 45 years as one of the oldest, continuously operating …