Via The Atlantic. The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others. Adam Serwer Staff writer at The Atlantic Six weeks ago, ahmaud arbery went out and never came home. Gregory and Travis McMichael, … Read More
Via The Saturday Evening Post. Crisis to Opportunity — Survival or Thrival with COVID-19 The primitive part of your brain can hamper your ability to think, analyze, evaluate, and plan during a crisis like COVID-19. Learn how to gain control and thrive instead of just survive. Jim Taylor, Ph.D. We humans like to think of … Read More
Via Clever. A Directory of Black-Owned Design Businesses to Support Now and Forever One of the many things we can do to effect social and economic change is to shift our spending to the Black community By Sydney Wasserman, Rachel Fletcher, Gabriela Ulloa, and Zoë Sessums Not only is the Black community currently experiencing disproportionate death rates from the … Read More
Via The New York Times. From Inclusion to Support: How to Build a Better Workplace Photo by Shonagh Rae By The New York Times At the New Rules Summit, hosted by The New York Times, participants working in groups proposed changes to create equitable environments in the workplace. Here are the topics, quotations from group leaders and … Read More
Via YW Boston. What is Intersectionality, and What Does it Have to do With Me? Here at YW Boston, intersectionality is central to the work we do. We know that everyone reading this has come to follow YW Boston’s work from different entry points. Some of us hold women’s empowerment close to heart, perhaps seeking … Read More
Via Rooster Tails. Resources for straight or cisgender people: Queer 101 Via Rooster Tails.
