We are currently celebrating the impact of Martin Luther King on this federal holiday. He was a figurehead in the civil rights and racial justice movement before he was assassinated. His life ended too soon while he was having such incredible impact of raising awareness while attempting to bring our country together around the issue […]
Raising Awareness of Micro-Aggressions
In recent months I have spent countless hours reading a variety of books on racial injustice, white privilege and white supremacy, the nature of biases and the importance of learning skills around having constructive conversations concerning racial issues. As a white person, my levels of awareness for these and other topics related to racism has […]
The Importance of Constructive Conversations
For the last several weeks I have had the honor of engaging in what we originally dubbed Virtual Check-Ins with my friend and colleague Suzanne O’Connor, Senior Advocate for Trauma Informed Care at United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Every Friday those who have participated in courses provided by Lakeside Global Institute […]
