Jean Latting
States around the country are banning lessons on systemic racism and critical race theory. Many on both sides having no real idea of what it means.
Jean Latting
Four organizational leaders share how they used our Pathfinders and DEI training to become successful inclusive leaders.
Jean Latting
From a sense of “otherness” as an Indian in London, Sunita Sehmi developed a coaching practice on belonging as part of people’s needs in the workplace
Jean Latting
How do we find the courage? Would we have had the courage to provide Frederick Douglass with false papers, risking our lives to save his?
Jean Latting
In these perilous times, we all are familiar with anxiety. As an emotion, it’s universal. How can we tame this anxiety and build resilience?
Jean Latting
Jean and Barry Regan explore how your understanding of your own culture affects the way you perceive the world.
Anonymous
Guest blogger this week describes the eye-opening moment when she went from judgmental to grateful and makes a good argument in favor of acceptance.
Jean Latting
A community in Fourth Ward, Freedmen’s Town, became the community for former slaves from all over that part of Texas.
Jessica Kanzler
Jessica describes the moment when she went from judgmental to grateful, confronts her biases, and makes a good argument in favor of acceptance.
Jean Latting
Change is hard. But to create change, one first has to see the structure that keeps the current system in place.
Jean Latting
Why do people bully each other? Wendy Harpur, a HR professional, has written on LinkedIn about workplace bullying and talks about her own experience.
Samantha Wu
In Part 2 of our reflection on anti-Asian bias, we bring you Samantha Wu’s thoughtful post on her personal response to the Atlanta massacre.
Carole Marmell
Carole Marmell writes about how to stand with Asian Americans: what to know & show support to bridge difference.
Jean Latting
In this guest blog post, Jessica Kanzler shares how in her experience with higher education, unconscious bias is more subtle than overt.
Jean Latting
Today’s blog post speaks to three strategies you can use to stick to the changes you want to make.
Jean Latting
Cindy Wigglesworth deep dives into spiral dynamics; what it represents, how it addresses life stages, and what it means for the rekindling of hope.
Jean Latting
Cindy Wigglesworth talks about how she developed a skills assessment for spiritual intelligence. Also her journey in personal growth and development.
Jean Latting
Jean describes the private troubles that resulted from the raging storm and the implications this has for public issues that we need to consider.
Jean Latting
Any conversation must include clarifying what we mean. Check the Glossary for commonly used terms in the racial and social justice sphere.
Jean Latting
Want to know how to become effective at Intervention and Allyship? Learn how to create and maintain a more inclusive work environment.
Jessica Kanzler
Some signs make you look like an empathetic person. Find out more from leading Consciously what happens when you do and don't show empathy.
Jean Latting
What did Martin Luther King stand for? Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. discusses the watering down of his message to make it more palatable to people in power.
Jean Latting
Learn how Cherry Steinwender went from picking cotton and cleaning houses to co-founding the Center for the Healing of Racism.
Jim Lockard
Read about the journey of Rev. Dr. Jim Lockard in LESSONS FROM THE DEATH OF MY CHILD, a blog about grieving deeply and deriving comfort.
Jean Latting
Now it’s time to look ahead. I have five items on my wish list for social justice next year, for all of us. See if you can add some of your own.
Jean Latting
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Brandon Danowsky
Brandon Danowsky is this week’s guest blogger. He writes of the conflict between his Latino and White identities.
Jessica Kanzler
Jessica Kanzler writes about her experience coming out as a trans person and how she has navigated awkward dinner conversations.
Nonjabulo Mlangeni
We explore why colorblindness is in effect racism, making us feel good about the world and ourselves but doing nothing to create meaningful change.
Jean Latting
Gratitude makes sense of the past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for future. We celebrate expressions of gratitude and hopes for peace.
Jean Latting
Our online racial justice training program is open. Read on to find out more about Pathfinders: Leadership for Racial and Social Justice.
Jean Latting
In this post, I’ll share my thoughts on how to bridge the divide with the 47% who voted for Trump.
Jean Latting
Why do we seesaw so much in American political life? What happens that people want to change direction?
Jean Latting
Mark is that remarkably rare White person willing to take on true allyship. This is Part 2 of our conversation with him.
Jean Latting
Mark is that remarkably rare White person willing to take on true allyship. He talks about his continuing commitment to racial justice.
Jean Latting
First Lady Michelle Obama proclaimed to an adoring crowd, “when they go low, we go high.” Find out way of going high when you want to go low.
Jean Latting
Dr Barbara Love speaks about envisioning a world that benefits everyone, the power of transformation, and the plantation’s money box.
Amy Hageman
Amy Hageman writes about racialized trauma and healing. She courageously speaks out about what many feel, yet are afraid to even think.
Jean Latting
How do you apologize for mistakes in a racially charged world? Learn from Amy Porterfield as she navigates the path of racial understanding.
Jean Latting
Jean lists steps on how to address racism by effectively talking to others who think differently than you.
Jean Latting
If we want to overcome impostor syndrome, we must learn to remove our internal barriers and negative self-talk.
Jean Latting
What is a microaggression, and how is it different from racism? This blog will help you understand the implications of these words.
Jean Latting
People want to engage in racial dialogue that promotes equality and inclusion.
Amy Hageman
Amy Hageman shares what inspired her to speak honestly about race for 30 days on Facebook and why it was hard to talk about race.
Carole Marmell
What does it mean to develop an awareness of racism, starting to see things differently, interpret history differently, identify causes differently?
Jean Latting
Amy Porterfield's honest and difficult journey with her commitment to justice, her missteps and along the way, the model of a very public apology.
Jean Latting
Eliminating fear is not a desirable goal. Rather, the question is how to move ahead in spite of the fear.
Carole Marmell
Carole Marmell talks about participating in change by joining a small band of committed citizens to take down Confederate monuments in their hometown.
Jean interviews Craig Dowden, author of A Time to Lead: Mastering Your Self… So You Can Master Your World and positive psychology coach.
Jean speaks with Malia Lazu about DEI in banking.
Jean interviews Minal Bopaiah, author of Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives. She has much to say about the long and complicated path for DEI.
What do these two historically oppressed groups, Holocaust Museum Houston and the Kinsey Collection of African American Art, have in common?
Jean speaks with Dr. Myrtle Bell about the enduring value and strength of diversity.
Houston mourns Rev. William Lawson, founder and pastor emeritus of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.
Lisa Fain speaks with Jean about the growth potential for mentors and mentees when they truly speak with, listen to, and respect each other’s personhood.
Instead of being shamed for an error you made, you were supported in redressing the situation. How did it affect your sense of responsibility and ownership?
In this podcast, Hamza Khan and Jean Latting engage in an animated conversation about leadership, resilience, belonging, and burnout.
Jean addresses an issue in publishing her new book where she was confronted with the highly offensive misdeeds of one of her heroes. Read how she worked her way through it.
Amri Johnson has a few provocative things to say about the current state of efforts toward diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Jean sums up her history of optimism, the arc of social justice, and the deliberate steps one has to take to keep an eye on the prize.
Jean discusses transitional justice and the race class narrative: what works, what doesn’t, and how to stay the course.
Given our country’s long and difficult history with inclusiveness, Jean decided to sit down and write out her thoughts – during this year’s Black History Month.
How do you self-identify? Our identities affect our allyship with those who are being marginalized because of one or more of their identities.
Jean interviews Daniel Oestreich, co-author of two books on what to say to someone, especially people in the workplace, when you are afraid to say it.
How do you even begin to articulate a goal that lights you up, not to mention working toward it? Jean has some thoughts.
We envision a world of peace, mutual support, and mutual responsibility, including intolerance for hunger, climate action, responsible news outlets, and compassionate leadership.
Nina proposes susceptibility to harmful radiation and absorption of Vitamin D as the simple explanation for why people have different skin colors, a product of evolutionary adaptation.
Jean started listening to Steve Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors, honing in on his leadership skills. She was blown away by his insights.
Dr. Pratt learned how to follow the whisper of the spirit, work within and without the system, address racism and sexism head on, and promote impactful diversity initiatives.
Brain fog is a trap we fall into when our emotional reaction to a negative experience keeps us frozen. If we don’t have tools to keep us moving, we get stuck where it hurts the most.
In today’s world, leadership is not about telling people what to do. Rod McCowan trains leaders to consider moral principles when making decisions.
Studies show the benefits of affirming our value, yet we hesitate to share these affirmations with others.
Victor Varnado, born with albinism, chose to beat the odds stacked against him in life by using his comedic skills to pursue his dreams.
The Gross National Happiness Index exists, and it works in Bhutan as well as other countries. Mike writes of his upcoming visit to Bhutan to see this phenomenon in action.
Sherra Aguirre speaks with Jean about the leadership role she took on in her community to promote changing the typical African American diet.
In June of 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in college admission.
Ilana Redstone says the Certainty Trap happens when we have moral principles we are 100% sure of and shut out any objections to the contrary.
We realized my brother was gay when his photo was on the cover of Time magazine titled “The Homosexual in America”.
Elizabeth Melendez Fisher Good was burned out and ended up with a mission to address sex trafficking.
Research shows that groups who put in the effort to welcome diversity and promote inclusiveness may have more conflicts but are also more productive and innovative.
Joanna Cea and Jess Rimington wrote Beloved Economies: Transforming How We Work, that invites us to reimagine work and reimagine capitalism.
The most successful people in any field know how to seek the expertise of other successful people in order to improve themselves and their performance.
Dr. Melissa Ochoa has a few things to say about the word Latinx; mainly, she doesn’t like it. For one thing, it doesn’t work in Spanish. Hear what she proposes instead.
Unsung heroes are all around us. Many were women; in many cases, their work was known but men took the credit.
After George Floyd's murder, Ronald McDonald House-Houston wanted to make a difference for their staff and also their families across the world.
Journalist Talia Lavin began a social experiment aimed at understanding and exposing the White nationalist movement.
What happens when you lead with love? Helen Stagg talks about how making change starts with honest, respectful, direct, and open conversations.
