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OHF Weekly’s Best of 2023
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 44: Our year-end compilation of 2023’s top articles.
Why Organizations Fail at DEI
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.
Losing a White Friend Due to His Racism
What do you do when they cross the line?
The Redux: If Not Now, White Folks, When?
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 34: Editor’s letter on allyship, racial equity, racism, and inclusion; plus a quote by Iyanla Vanzant.
10 Steps to Being an Ally to Marginalized Groups
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.
There Is But One Fight
If the disease “is greed and the struggle for power,” then it is greed and the struggle for power anywhere that we must fight.
Did Karma Ever Catch the Emmett Till Killers?
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?
You Can Know Me
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?
Our Medium Day After-Party: An OHF Q&A
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 31: Editor’s Letter, “Men and Mental Health,” “The Contributions Enslaved Africans Made to American Society,” “Hope and Despair,” and a quote by Nelson Mandela.
Men and Mental Health
Mental health is still considered a silent crisis for many men. Numerous experts attribute this fact to the growing number of pressures placed on men in our contemporary society.
The Contributions Enslaved Africans Made to American Society
History shows enslaved Africans brought knowledge and skills to the US that predate their captivity, disproving Florida curriculum.
In This Era of Racial Strife, What Gives Me Hope and Despair?
William Spivey answers audience members’ questions from Medium Day.
Medium Day Is Almost Here!
OHF WEEKLY, Vol. 5 No. 30: Editor’s Letter, “Respect and Love,” “When ‘Nurture’ Is Anything But,” a quote by Joél Leon.
When “Nurture” Is Anything But
Sherry Kappel on the ways we form our identity and how racism negatively impacts that development.
Our Human Family to Speak at Medium Day!
OHF WEEKLY, VOL. 5 NO. 29: Editor’s Letter, “There Is But One Fight,” “The Groveland Four,” “America Is Drunk on Racism,” and a quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
There Is But One Fight
If the disease “is greed and the struggle for power,” then it is greed and the struggle for power anywhere that we must fight.
An American Town Has Not Held an Election in Sixty Years
In Newbern, Alabama, voter suppression has a particularly egregious manifestation.
The Groveland Four: Omitted from Florida’s Black History Guidelines
Much has been made about the new Florida’s State Academic Guidelines for Black history, for good reason: They ignore critical portions of Black history.
America Is Drunk on Racism
Too many Americans are convinced that the only way to experience the high of national pride is to disregard all the evidence of racial inequity.
Once You See Racism, You Can Never Unsee It
OHF WEEKLY: Vol. 5 No. 28: Editor’s Letter, “With Racism, Absolution Is Not the Solution,” “What ‘Benefits’ Accrued to the People Who Gained Skills as Enslaved People?” and a quote by Malcolm X.
