by Z As I delved into discovering the exact perspective of Dr. Meeks on how to start to heal racism, I came across her blog called A FEW SHADES BRAVER BLOG. Here I found a wealth of wisdom and common sense with some essays that especially struck me. In response …
Review by Adrienne Lauby This is a simple little book on the face of it, 159 pages which describe the return to a hometown and home reservation in a format similar to a diary. But, this narrator sets out to capture the truth of a contemporary indigenous (Cree) queer life, …
By Z Ah — December — that wonderful month when the world softens — hearts fill with warmth and the world chills for a moment. I love watching my old films favorites – A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sims and It’s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. Now, how white …
Thurs. Oct. 20, 6:30-8PM, FREE Join us for a dialogue on the role of Critical Race Theory in the rewriting of American History. Find out historically what Critical Race Theory is and what it isn’t. Explore what myths and truths that we, and kids today, know and don’t know about George Washington. Discover …
By Adrienne Lauby You know how it is when someone says something disparaging about “white men” and then suddenly there’s an awareness that there is a white man in the room? Have you noticed people rushing to reassure the guy, “We’re really not talking about you.” Or, in other situations …
by Wendy Millstine Back in January, I was watching the Netflix mini-series called Maid. The series addresses domestic abuse, violence, poverty, addiction, codependency, mental health, and social work. The series is loosely based on the author Stephanie Land’s best-selling memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to …
A Deeper Multiculturalism: A Review of the Children’s Book Jack & Agyu, written by Justine Villanueva and Illustrated by Lynnor Bontigao. Winner of the Gold Medal for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Children’s Picture Book from the Independent Book Publishers Association By Christopher Bowers Jack & Agyu is a children’s …
A Review of Leny Strobel Mendoza’s Poetry of Decolonization By Christopher Bowers In Glimpses: A Poetic Memoir (Through the MDR Generator) Filipino-American author, academic and local community leader Leny Mendoza Strobel takes an arguably more personal approach to this work than in her previous writing. However, as the reader soon …
Dear Arno Michaelis, I had the privilege of hearing you speak in Santa Rosa on May 4th, after the film, White Right: Meeting the Enemy. I didn’t get a chance to speak with you but you did answer a great many of my questions. I was deeply moved by your …
The Case for Humility by Wendy Millstine I had the privilege of hearing activist and author DeRay McKesson speak on his new book, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope. He spoke from a place of personal life stories, on-the-ground activist experience, and strategies for keeping up …