#SistoryLessons & Society

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!