Last weekend I was honored and blessed to participate in a circle with community organizers and activists from all over the area. It was an amazing weekend that dove to the depths of sorrow and despair as well as reaching for the heights of hope and vision. I guess you could say; it was intense. …
Racism
Privilege
(This is by no means a complete and exhaustive look at white male privilege. Rather, it is an attempt to illustrate one of the many ways privilege reveals itself in daily life. Refer to this post for some thoughts about checking that privilege.) My daughter and I walked out of the cold January afternoon …
Words Matter
I have a few friends who lean to the right. I gotta say though, most of my friends lean to the left. The subject of social justice is contentious in both groups, but from different angles. Recently, I had a conversation with my friend about racism and privilege. He is pretty conservative, but has a …