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May 13, 2022
1 min

Behind this smile...

Behind this smile is a lie. Just a few days ago I spent time in an ambulance and in the ER. I’m smiling into the camera but just beyond...

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Engaging Across Difference

Dec 30, 2021
2 min

Please tell her the truth!

Her? Her who? Your younger sister, your niece, your daughter, your neighbor, your mentee, your coworker that’s younger, your intern, your...

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Engaging Across Difference

Dec 16, 2021
1 min

I Choose My Grief

As Black women, we are always choosing something or someone over ourselves. I’m not sure why we do this other than the fact that the...

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Engaging Across Difference

Dec 10, 2021
1 min

The journey of this gift

The last three and a half years have been full of ups and downs and twists and turns as I labored to bring this gift into the world. As a...

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Engaging Across Difference

Oct 20, 2020
1 min

Affinity groups: divisive or unifying?

When asked the question “Don’t affinity groups just divide us instead of bringing us together?”, I reply with this. When a loved one is...

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Engaging Across Difference

Jul 3, 2020
2 min

Upcoming Workshops!

Check our our upcoming workshops! Saturday, July 25 - 3pm Eastern - Talking to your children about race 40 minute virtual Zoom workshop...

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Engaging Across Difference

Jun 26, 2020
1 min

Virtual Zoom workshop

Stay tuned for more information about a virtual Zoom workshop coming in July! Allies - you won't want to miss this!

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Engaging Across Difference

May 7, 2020
1 min

#IRunWithMaud

The video of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black man, being murdered has finally been released. While this happened in February, it is “big...

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Denise

Apr 16, 2020
1 min

Promotion on coaching calls!

In light of the current situation, we would like to offer discounted coaching calls to all new clients now through the end of August....

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Denise

Apr 10, 2020
1 min

...now you see me.

Dear White People, Before all of this happened, I was invisible to you. You never responded to my "good morning!" as we passed each other...

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Denise

Feb 16, 2020
1 min

Colorism

Gabrielle Union states it perfectly in her book ("We're Going To Need More Wine"), colorism is “an age-old ‘us against us’...

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Denise

Jan 18, 2020
2 min

Implicit Bias

"Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner"...

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Denise

Nov 3, 2019
1 min

American Son

American Son is a broadway play turned Netflix film about an interracial couple and their missing biracial son. The film grapples with...

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Engaging Across Difference

Aug 7, 2019
1 min

Toni Morrison

We would be remiss to overlook and not acknowledge the passing of our friend, Pulitzer Prize winner, Nobel Prize winner, American Book...

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Denise

Jun 21, 2019
1 min

Juneteenth

Juneteenth (June + nineteen) is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Teen Vogue...

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Talking to White Kids About Race & Racism

Denise

May 31, 2019
1 min

Talking to White Kids About Race & Racism

We recently had the good fortune to work with Anne Hallward, host of Safe Space Radio. She contacted us a few months ago asking if we...

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Engaging Across Difference

May 24, 2019
1 min

Speak up!

Tips for accomplices: Speak up when we cannot. If one of your colleagues is derailing a meeting (with their white woman tears) call them...

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Engaging Across Difference

May 17, 2019
1 min

Do not over complicate

Tips for accomplices: Do not over complicate or over explain things. A colleague recently ran 200 copies of a dance recital program for...

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Denise

May 10, 2019
1 min

Listen, really listen!

Tips for accomplices: Listen, really listen. Don't be so ready to speak that you don't listen to the person who is talking, especially if...

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Engaging Across Difference

May 3, 2019
1 min

Join us tomorrow!

Before we get in to our tips for today, please consider joining us tomorrow at First Church of Jamaica Plain (UU Church) from 9am-noon...

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