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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...
Engaging Across Difference
May 13, 20221 min read
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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...
Engaging Across Difference
Dec 30, 20212 min read
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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...
Engaging Across Difference
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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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...
Engaging Across Difference
Dec 10, 20211 min read
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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...
Engaging Across Difference
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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Upcoming Workshops!
Check our our upcoming workshops! Saturday, July 25 - 3pm Eastern - Talking to your children about race 40 minute virtual Zoom workshop...
Engaging Across Difference
Jul 3, 20202 min read
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Virtual Zoom workshop
Stay tuned for more information about a virtual Zoom workshop coming in July! Allies - you won't want to miss this!
Engaging Across Difference
Jun 26, 20201 min read
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#IRunWithMaud
The video of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black man, being murdered has finally been released. While this happened in February, it is “big...
Engaging Across Difference
May 7, 20201 min read
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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....
Denise
Apr 16, 20201 min read
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...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...
Denise
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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Colorism
Gabrielle Union states it perfectly in her book ("We're Going To Need More Wine"), colorism is “an age-old ‘us against us’...
Denise
Feb 16, 20201 min read
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Implicit Bias
"Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner"...
Denise
Jan 18, 20202 min read
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American Son
American Son is a broadway play turned Netflix film about an interracial couple and their missing biracial son. The film grapples with...
Denise
Nov 3, 20191 min read
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Toni Morrison
We would be remiss to overlook and not acknowledge the passing of our friend, Pulitzer Prize winner, Nobel Prize winner, American Book...
Engaging Across Difference
Aug 7, 20191 min read
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Juneteenth
Juneteenth (June + nineteen) is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Teen Vogue...
Denise
Jun 21, 20191 min read
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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...
Denise
May 31, 20191 min read
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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...
Engaging Across Difference
May 24, 20191 min read
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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...
Engaging Across Difference
May 17, 20191 min read
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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...
Denise
May 10, 20191 min read
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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...
Engaging Across Difference
May 3, 20191 min read
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