Year Four: Beyond Flowers The last Journey-Journal I produced was sub-titled “Come Get Your Flowers,” and now, as the latest version, the Brave Sis Perpetual Journal, is about to go into production for a...
The Sour and Sorry State of DEI in 2023 Update: more sour and sorrier after this SCOTUS ruling. It’s wrong, and it’s wrong, and it’s wrong. Act accordingly, people. White folks: don’t cede your world to these spite-filled demagogues....
A Modest Proposal for how to do "DEI" right Sensitivity training can be a helpful tool for beginning to confront and unpack the history and legacy of racism, colonialism, slavery, and othering that is the foundational shame and pain...
The XYZ of DEI: A Platform-in-Process We always talk about the “ABCs” of this and that, but what about the advanced practice? With so much of the DEI space being littered with performative, check-the-box maneuvers, I...
On Colorism, Or: I Simply Wanted to Refresh Our Website An encounter with colorism in building our website leads to a meditation on colorism. "women's movement" feminism women sisterhood BIPOC anti-racist antiracism journaling inclusion DEI wellness "trust your inner voice" allyship BLM...
Celebrating Rosa Parks, Toni Morrison and other Brave Foremothers Brave Sis #SistoryLesson pays tribute to five foremothers: civil rights icon Rosa Parks, ballerina Mary de Haven Hinkson, entertainer Pearl Bailey, opera singer Marian Anderson, and the peerless Toni Morrison!
Our Brave Foremothers & Brave Sis Project My body of practice lies at a riveting intersection of feminism, history, sisterhood, and social impact. Read more about the link between Brave Sis Project and the 2023 book Our Brave...
The 12 Worst Pieces of Advice Brave Sis Ever Received When I want to think most about how rapidly society and culture have shifted over the past 3-5 years, all I really have to do is look back at the...
Media Coverage of the Launch Such positive press coverage of the debut, 2021 edition of the Brave Sis Journey-Journal was very encouraging. History lessons for Black women, BIPOC women, racial justice allies and DEI champions! Celebrate influential...