One of the narratives I find largely missing is how we evolve in our social, political, and religious beliefs. Evolution is good! How boring would it be if our beliefs and values were stagnant! In my personal journey of…
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Last week I agreed to pray at a Protest outside of BlackRock’s Headquarters on the morning of their annual shareholder’s meeting. It was an interfaith gathering to demand BlackRock exclude companies from expanding fossil fuel production from its active and…
Change must happen. And it starts at home. Last night I read “Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America” to my three white kids, ages 7,7, and 5. The backdrop to our lovely family reading was Senator Kyrsten…
Only a few minutes. A whole (subset) of a nation watching. What would you say?
Playgrounds are political! Let’s use the opportunities right in front us us say the things we need to say to imagine the world we want.
Resources for reimagining Thanksgiving for parents, educators, and anyone interested in decolonizing, rethinking and intentionally talking about the holiday Americans call Thanksgiving.
I don't have to tell you that Mother's Day is complicated. Estranged relationships, deceased mothers, mothers unjustly behind bars or walls, infertility, narrow definitions of gender and mother, and the raced and classed way society classifies a "good" mother just...
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A common characteristic of white supremacy is pitting oppressed groups against each other. This is currently happening with a media uproar attacking the Women’s March, citing anti-semitism, bigotry and hatred in their leaders. This couldn’t be further from the truth. I…
All Moms wish they can be in more than one place at once. And all Moms work. Inside the home, outside the home, and everywhere in between. I've tried to deny this at different times in my life. But the...
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