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...