The Little-Known History of the Underground Railroad to Mexico
And the Afro-Mestizo emancipator who opened the door to Mexico for enslaved people
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Love and Respect
What is life without kindness, respect, and love?
On Super Bowl LX and a Couple Other Things
So this is where the United States is now?
No Slingshot Required
Chapter 14 (in its entirety) from OHF’s latest anthology, “Fieldnotes on Fortitude,” recounting the power and historic successes of peaceful demonstrations.
How Do I Love . . . ?
“How do I love my neighbor who is an ICE agent? Who works for the FBI and is covering up the actions in Minneapolis? Who serves in Congress to suppress the outrage of the American people?”
The Almost NDN
On life as an urban NDN struggling to be more “Indianer” than you
Fieldnotes on Fortitude: Resilience in Resistance
About the new book by Our Human Family, the themes, who wrote for it, and why it’s the book for times such as these that you didn’t know you needed.
OHF Magazine, Issue No. 4: The White Issue
Oppression and White Supremacy in America
The Reverend Canon Dr. Nelson Wardell Pinder: Priest, Activist, and Friend
From OHF WEEKLY Vol. 4 No. 31 On the celebrated life of the Reverend Canon Dr. Nelson Wardell Pinder, a man many would call the father of the civil rights movement in Central Florida.
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?
We Must See People in Color
Only when we white people can get to the place where we value Black lives equally as we do the lives of others can we say that Black lives matter
We Believe
OHF Weekly is inspired by the reality that people can abandon race-based prejudice. We know people can change when they want to change, when they believe change is possible, and when they know how to change.
Why White People Find It Hard to Accept Their Racism
Social anthropologist, mediator and writer Kim McCaul on the ways white people view racism as something external and limited to identifiable others helps them avoid undoing racism
“Fieldnotes on Allyship: Achieving Equality Together”
Our Human Family’s new book “Fieldnotes on Allyship: Achieving Equality Together” is an informal and informative guide to becoming an effective ally.
What You Loved Was the Cruelty
What you loved was the cruelty. The meanness, the spite, the ability to say whatever you wanted, to hurt anyone you wanted
When You’ve Been White Too Long
White too long is the inability to recognize that the system is rigged and its leaders, past and present, are the ones who rigged it
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