There is a certain naiveté about racism in New England—a belief that it just isn’t a big issue here. It’s a fallacy that continues to thrive and survive despite evidence to the contrary. The truth is that racism is as firmly entrenched in New England as it is in any other part of the country. …
I have a confession, and I am not particularly proud of it, but here goes: The way that people have pivoted away from anti-racism work over the last year has me in a constant state of low-grade rage. Yes, part of it is because it has made my day job extraordinarily harder than it already …
It was over a decade ago that I received my first invitation to keynote an event for Black History Month. If memory serves, it was a UU Church in Kennebunk, Maine. At that time, Americans of all hues were awakening to the painful reality that despite having our first Black president, injustice still ran rampant …