Racism

Dr. Solanges Vivens: An Audacious Act

Dr. Solanges Vivens: An Audacious Act

Age tells us one thing: the day you were born and the day you will die, and there's a dash in between. And you know what? That dash is ME!…

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Cynthia Grace Robinson: Writing About Women

Cynthia Grace Robinson: Writing About Women

I love writing about women because this is how women are, and we're so diverse, right? We show our power in so many different ways, and sometimes it's not a…

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Karen E. Osborne: A Novel Recipe

Karen E. Osborne: A Novel Recipe

What I really wanted to do was to show a strong, flawed woman - a hundred years ago! - dealing with the same issues that strong, flawed women are dealing…

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Valerie David: Celebrating Differences

Valerie David: Celebrating Differences

My mission is to keep culture alive; to sustain that culture because we don't want history repeating itself. And to educate - we are all the same people. We are…

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Yvette Heyliger: Lessons to Learn

Yvette Heyliger: Lessons to Learn

I am encouraging my students to be students of the world: to look around them, to see what's happening, see how their lives are affected by world events and the…

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Joan Kane: Speaking Truth

Joan Kane: Speaking Truth

I had to tell my story. I needed to be able to say, 'Look, I grew up in a time period in Brooklyn where racism was horrific and it was…

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Joan Kane & Gary Morgenstein: Taking a Bite of a Sweet Divide

Joan Kane & Gary Morgenstein: Taking a Bite of a Sweet Divide

I believe we're broken. Everybody is broken in some way. Everybody has a story to tell. There are cracks in us...Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects by…

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Joan Kane & Gary Morgenstein: Taking a Bite of a Sweet Divide

Joan Kane & Gary Morgenstein: Taking a Bite of a Sweet Divide

I believe we're broken. Everybody is broken in some way. Everybody has a story to tell. There are cracks in us...Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects by…

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Ripple Effect Artists: Guarding the Bridge

Ripple Effect Artists: Guarding the Bridge

July 18, 2018 was Nelson Mandela International Day:  “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”  Change your perspective.  Visit those dark spaces.  Shed…

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