Embracing A Legacy of Silliness—and Finding Joy, by Claire Bien (Cohort 6)
"I inevitably start writing verses that rhyme. And somehow, as the words tumble out, so does the whimsy, as in this recent piece…"
A Friend in Silence, by Joshua Wyrtzen (Cohort 26)
“It’s been almost a year without a smartphone now and I thought I’d share a few things that I’ve learned…”
Imagining Better for Black and Brown Children, by Randi R. McCray (Cohort 12)
"Brown vs. Board of Education addressed the desegregation of schools, but not the desegregation of access to resources – and we still have not addressed it today."
The Night House, by Billy Collins
"...But the heart is restless and rises from the body in the middle of the night..."
Chris Cole (Cohort 12)
“There are so many other values in my life that are important too, but I feel like without authenticity, none of them are real…. Without being authentic, I’m in big trouble.”
What Can I Do? The Freed Woman Fund Answers, by Babz Rawls Ivy (Cohort 1)
“The question dogged me… What could I do? How could I extend that same care and concern to other Black women?”
Fighting the fight (and flights) that needs fighting, by Rachel Heerema (Cohort 2)
“...it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us." -Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Prophet & Time, by Khalil Gibran
"...if in your thought you must measure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons... let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing."
Read Your Greens, by Erica G. Bradley (Cohort 26)
"Food insecurity is a huge problem in our country. It is about available resources, access to good food and clean water, good information, and quality education..."
White Lies-Masked Madness, by Tom Ficklin (Cohort 13)
“My folks have been trying to get folks to do the right thing since 1619, and I am totally spent, trying to do the collective therapy think healing pie-in-the-sky riff.”