Calling All Poets to Tapestry
Tapestry, a new section of OHF Weekly devoted to poetry, celebrates both our similarities and differences, but most of all our shared humanity.
Tapestry, a new section of OHF Weekly devoted to poetry, celebrates both our similarities and differences, but most of all our shared humanity.
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 44: Our year-end compilation of 2023’s top articles.
It takes more than simply hiring someone to address issues within an organization. It takes a top-down commitment to be part of that change.
What do you do when they cross the line?
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 34: Editor’s letter on allyship, racial equity, racism, and inclusion; plus a quote by Iyanla Vanzant.
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 33: Editor’s Letter, “Remember When You Couldn’t Call Out a Racist? I Do.”, and a quote by Oprah Winfrey.
If the disease “is greed and the struggle for power,” then it is greed and the struggle for power anywhere that we must fight.
With the death of Carolyn Bryant, the last living of Emmett Till’s killers, can America surrender even a little of her rage in the absence of Till’s due justice?
If Black people can develop and refine metaphors to understand the white experience (in all of its constituent complexity, pain and privilege), how is it that white people are excused from understanding the Black experience?
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 6 NO. 6 Editor’s Letter, “My Reflections on Racism: An Irish Approach,” “Black Women’s Integral Role in the Women’s Suffrage Movement,” and a quote by Meghan Markle.
Educator and poet Sylvia Wohlfarth shares her thoughts on racism in light of Ireland’s plans to become free of racial discrimination.
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 6 No. 5: Guest Editor’s Letter, Black History Month 2024–the Wrap-Up (Tapestry Poems, Articles, Editorial, and Newsletters), and a quote by Tony Ross.
A Tapestry poem by Sylvia Wohlfarth
A Tapestry poem by Sherry Kappel
A Tapestry Poem by Jesse Wilson
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 6 No. 4 Editor’s Letter, Frederick Douglass: An American in Ireland (Parts I, II, and III), “Anti-Racism 101: Own Your Racism,” “Let’s Talk Black Excellence, People,” and a quote by Thurgood Marshall.
Point out sexist or homophobic behaviour, and white people will try to laugh it off. But racism? They’re outraged. Most of us will declare we’re anti-racist, but few of us are actively anti-racist.
Fond Valentine’s Day wishes to you and your beloveds, a poem by luminous Nikki Giovanni, and links to articles on love–OHF Weekly style.
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 6 No. 3: On Black History writ large and small in the world and in our lives.
We are increasingly seeing school boards removing books for review based on organized complaints from parents who mostly haven’t read the books.
Parents’ opinion of diversity — age, race, and sexual orientation, for example — inform our children’s ability to manage the stress of the U.S.’s culture wars.