Dan Magill attended our workshop on Activities for Trainers in 2014 and we’re happy to share the following reflections on his experience....

I returned to the White Privilege Conference for a 9th time this March. What keeps me going back? Every year I gain new insights into...

Significant change, whether individual or within an organization can be challenging. Even when we want to change, it doesn’t happen...

You’ve probably seen articles or videos lately about introverts. Possibly you have friends you never would have suspected who’ve made...

The killing of Michael Brown and response from the community and police in Ferguson, Missouri, has shown us once again how far we have to...

A question we regularly grapple with at Cultures Connecting is what does it mean to live out our values and practice cultural competence?...

"I was totally disgusted by those racist images. I would never laugh at them!” “I never would have thought of Native Americans being...

In December 2013, I had the opportunity to attend the Social Justice Training Institute. This week-long intensive was, well, intense. In...

Plenary Address for The Arc’s National Conference Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 Bellevue, Washington I’d first like to acknowledge we are...

“No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.” –Frederick...

Update: The Seattle School Board Passed the Ensuring Educational and Racial Equity Policy on August 15th! Below is the letter I sent to...

I was born in a commune. Between the ages of 18 and 22 I lived part of a summer in a Volkswagen bus and another summer in a school bus....

What do you notice about this picture? What does it tell you about desirable skin? When I first asked these questions in a workshop, I...

This is a keynote I wrote for Peninsula High School’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Assembly on January 13th, 2012. Thanks to my many...

Ah, fall. The leaves shine colorfully in the rain before they’re blown off by gusts of wind. Days turn swiftly to night. And racial...

How many of us start trying to find ways to mediate or show the commonalities in our beliefs when witnessing racial conflict between...

“Is your comfort more important than someone else’s pain?” -Author Unknown I went to a training on Generational Diversity recently. It...

To say the nation has lost its moral compass is inaccurate. It implies that at one time we operated under principles of morality, but...

Dr. Hollins and I are doing a short presentation based on the work of Derald Wing Sue on Racial Microaggressions tomorrow morning (for...

No Fixing is an important norm for engaging in courageous conversations and anti-racist activism. I’ve found this easiest to explain with...