Advocates/Activists

Connecting with political allies is harder than people admit—especially when your foundation is not hate, not outrage for sport, but a clear, grounded sense of humanity. Because you start to …

There are wounds that don’t stop bleeding just because the headlines fade.There are names that deserve to be spoken with reverence—not only in tragedy, but in truth. We know Amiri …

Calling Things by Their Proper Name: Honoring Dr. Angella Dorothea Ferguson “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” — Confucius Sometimes the most powerful change …

Someone is telling on themselves……. In Jim Crow America, Black people—especially Black women and girls—were forbidden from having boundaries: A Black woman couldn’t say no to a white man’s advances …

Since those who seek to despoil study, you have to be a student too….. The Montgomery Bus Boycott teaches something deeper than “Rosa Parks sat down and people got mad.” …

Some patterns are so familiar that our bodies recognize them before our mouths can explain them. A room gets quiet. A person says, “That never happened.” A politician says, “It …

updated from November 25, 2025 Staying informed is an act of power. Because once you see how the system works, you stop begging for fairness and start demanding change. Some …

If you are a Black person, you know what it is like when the “both sides” playbook is used against you. You know what it is like to be pushed …

updated from September 20, 2025 Proverbs 12:19 puts it this way….. “Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” When victims of abuse summon the courage …

  updated from 2/5/25 I exchanged emails with this mother, Carolyn Mosley, many years ago. I don’t think I will ever forget she and her daughter’s story. During a season …