there used 2 be a time when music was a spiritual healing 4 the body, soul, & mind…– liner notes from Art Official Age Grief is a funny thing. The last two days I have learned a lot about its surprising, weird, loving, and uncontrollable nature. Prince’s death has let me grieve parts of my … Read more
“In a real sense all life is inter-related. All (people) are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what … Read more
I don’t know if you felt it today, but the world shifted. While I wrote social justice curriculum from my bed (there are many ways to be an activist!), while nursing a cold and watching the livestream of Women’s March, the air became thicker with the model of coalition building, collaboration, courage, strength and purpose. … Read more
level upUS /ˈlev.əl/-phrasal verb with level verbTo gain enough points in a computer game (or life) to enable a player or character to go up to a higher level, gaining more skills or strength We’ve had quite a week in the United States. A week of hope. A week of unrest. A week of fear … Read more
As a Texan by birth celebrating Juneteenth has always been part of my life. Hand cranked ice cream, Grandaddy on the barbecue pit, red soda water. Potato Salad. Watermelon. Yesterday felt a little surreal for the little younger Tanya that exists inside. As I talked with a friend on Friday – the word to describe … Read more
The Commission on Presidential Debates (https://www.debates.org) is a non-profit organizational body run by a board of directors. After looking up some members of their board, I decided to send one of them an email (seriously!) and this is what it said: Hello Ms. Hernandez,This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but I … Read more
Hi Friends, What are we going to create? I’m not sure if we recognize it regularly, but we are creators. We create it all. Not the trees and the sky, per se, but indeed the life we live, the America we live in the world that our children, young people, and generations from now are … Read more
My favorite definition of social justice is from the faculty at the Social Justice Education Program at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. It reads, Goal: Full and equal participation of all groups in a society that is mutually shaped to meet their needs. Social justice includes a vision of society in which the distribution of resources … Read more
This is the first in a series of articles to explore what you may be navigating at work, what to do about it and how to own your agency in the process. by Bari Katz and Tanya O. Williams Special Note: We believe in reflection. Reflection is both an invaluable skill and meaningful practice. We believe in time to let … Read more
