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. 5 No. 38: Editor’s Letter, “Barbie, Star Wars, and Why Revolutions Happen,” “Cadavers of the Poor and Black Dissected without Consent,” and a quote by Quincy Jones.
Before a revolution can take place, the oppressed first have to recognize that they actually do not have many rights.
Helping toxic people relinquish their destructive beliefs
From morgue to medical school: Most states permit government officials to donate unclaimed bodies to medical schools, with no legal requirement for prior approval from the deceased or their next of kin.
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 37: Editor’s Letter, “My Indigenous Peoples’ Day Wish List,” and a quote by Dr. Joycelyn Elders.
Stolen lands, horrendous atrocities, and broken promises are at the heart of centuries old conflicts.
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 36: Editor’s Letter, “When My Best Friend Was White,” “The Conquistador Smackdown,” “Lessons from Black Teachers of the Civil Rights Era,” and a quote by Shirley Chisholm.
Race doesn’t have to determine friendships and outcomes or be a factor in every element of our lives unless we let it.
The strategies used to sustain dominance are pervasive, and transparent. Perhaps, because once concretized in a culture’s lexicon they’re so difficult to overcome.
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 35: Editor’s Letter, “Do Old Wounds Ever Heal,” “Workers Like it When Their Employers Talk about DEI,” “Controlling Access to Success,” “I Am Not Your Diversity,” and a quote by Denzel Washington.
Black teachers were consistently remembered by their former students and colleagues for their high expectations for student success, for their dedication, and for their demanding teaching style.
When do the memories of children torn from mothers’ breasts, fathers’ protection, a community’s legacy stop haunting us? When does healing begin?