One night, earlier this month, I listened to the newest podcast in the series The Adoptee Next Door, hosted by Angela Tucker. Angela is a thought leader, writer and adoptee rights activist who advocates powerfully in support of transracially adop...
Continue ReadingSince founding her modern dance institution, the Denver icon has used her art to honor the African American experience—and as an agent for change. Now, as the nation reckons with systemic inequity, Cleo Parker Robinson reflects on her company’s...
Continue ReadingI. Recently, Rev. Jeri Wright and her father, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, asked me to join them in leading an early morning prayer fellowship. They have been organizing this informal, online meeting since April, as a service of the Samuel Dewitt Proctor C...
Continue ReadingHuman creativity is straight up boundless. BOUND-LESS. Do you hear? Check out this short Instagram video that the Alvin Ailey dance company made, in social isolation, featuring the magnificent choreography of “I’ve Been Buked” — ...
Continue ReadingIn the text below, Ruby provides a powerful reflection on the danger of the eugenicist (us/them) language of battle in the COVID-19 situation. Rather, she says, we are in a humanitarian crisis that requires us to treat and value each other with respect...
Continue ReadingNote from our sister, Lakshmi Nair, founder of Satya Yoga: Have you heard about or listened to Yoga is Dead yet? In just 7 months and 6 game-changing episodes, Yoga is Dead has taken the yoga and wellness industry by storm. Since launching i...
Continue ReadingOn February 12, Dr. Charles H. Long, a distinguished historian of religions passed in North Carolina. Dr. Long was an extraordinary scholar whose unparalleled writings, lectures and conversations helped form several generations of academics in the areas...
Continue ReadingCame across this video today. Writer/Activist Ashley Yates describes it this way: “Black art made by Black people from with real love for other Black folks. No exploitation, just storytelling with textured depictions of our people that lack clich...
Continue ReadingThe SNCC Legacy Project, a national organization of veterans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, issued a statement yesterday opposing the racist assaults against Latinx people in the United States. We at the Veterans of Hope Project are...
Continue ReadingToday I am honoring my daddy, Vincent Harding, who passed into glory on this day, five years ago – May 19, 2014. When I think about my daddy and my mama, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, at this juncture of my life, what comes most strongly to my mind is ...
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