Life is complicated.
Joyful action matters.
This is a blog for those on
a journey past good intentions.
Spineless: Examining PEN America’s 2024 Report on Book Bans
Rising book bans and subtle censorship are challenging intellectual freedom, highlighting the crucial role of librarians in defending diverse voices.
Why Anti-Trans Ads Are Flooding Your Screens This Election Season
Anti-trans ads are flooding the 2024 election cycle, using fear and division to distract from real issues that voters care about.
Renaming racist landmarks to reflect modern values
How renaming derogatory landmarks fosters inclusivity and reflects America's journey towards a more equitable future.
Sister Corita Kent: Painting the world with the colors of justice
Explore the intertwining worlds of art, spirituality and social activism through the revolutionary lens of Sister Corita Kent's vibrant pop art legacy.
“We are the ancients”: How our actions today impact the survival of humanity
Humanity is still living at the very beginning of our history. Learn how thinking long-term prioritizes actions that promote the survival of humankind for millennia to come.
Dear Noah: Our story of family love + supporting trans kids
Trans kids have never been more at-risk from hateful political rhetoric, Dear Noah is the story of our family’s love and fight.
Is the word caucasian racist?
White. Anglo-Saxon. Caucasian. Let's explore the uncomfortable past of the word caucasian and discuss how to challenge its destructive legacy.
Creating your life’s blueprint with MLK
Tips from MLK on how to live a life built from a blueprint of self-worth, a determination to reach excellence and a deep love of our fellow humans.
On retreating and the practice of “home-cosmography”
Like the stars at night that disappear under glaring city lights, you’ll never see your own inner constellations through the haze of of your own thought pollution.
The awkward topography of progress
Progress isn’t a straight line. Social change requires longevity and the ability to understand how the downs are just as important as the ups when we’re mapping true progress.
A Texan mom’s testimony for her transgender son
Societies are known by how we treat the most at-risk and marginalized among us. Transgender children in Texas are at serious risk with harmful legislation and it was one mom’s time to stand up and testify.
The Intense Politics of Postage Stamps
Rip, lick, stick. Postage stamps have long played many roles as reflections of American culture, offerings of whimsical beauty and strategic geopolitical influencers.
5 Reasons Why You Should Meet Your Elected Officials Face-to-Face
Go beyond contacting your elected officials and get into the office for a face-to-face meeting on issues you care about. Here's why.
A day on: MLK Day service and the Freedman’s Bureau
What can you do on MLK Day for this national day of service? History buffs, handwriting decipherers and fighters for racial justice can all participate in the Freedmen’s Bureau transcription project.
Our students deserve a more inclusive classroom curriculum in 2021
All students deserve a well-balanced curriculum that offers a window into others’ lives and a mirror to better understand themselves and their role in society. We’re still not there yet. And it’s hurting us all in surprising ways.
5 points of inspiration I'm taking from a Feminist Manifesto for 2021
Lean into an inspirational feminist text on raising strong young women for an aha moment or two on living life in 2021. Thank you, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Why we need to stop saying that things are broken
The systems and institutions we rail against as broken are often not broken at all. Here’s why it’s important to call out by name what’s broken and needs fixing and what is (scarily) working exactly as it was designed.
Something is rotten in the Dewey Decimal system
Let’s pull apart the embedded racism and homophobia embedded in the world’s most popular library book classification system: the Dewey Decimal System. The way we organize knowledge tells us who we are and what we value—it’s time to re-categorize.
The siren song of the status quo
Do you ever wonder why social change is so difficult? Why we accept things in our society that are potentially bad for us? Let’s talk about our weird love of the status quo and system justification theory.
