An American Sunrise, by Joy Harjo
“This country is in need of deep healing. We’re in a transformational moment in national history and earth history, so whichever way we move is going to absolutely define us.”
Bloodroot Sessions: The alchemy of self love, by Rachel Liu (Cohort 22)
“…the work of loving oneself is no small task. In a culture and society that profits off of us separating from ourselves at a fundamental level, to love oneself is one of the most radical things a person can do…”
Kevin ‘RevKev’ Ewing (Cohort 8)
"If we love ourselves and we love each other, if we love the very concept of loving, then everything else just falls into place..."
Maysa Akbar, PhD, ABPP (Cohort 14)
“…to me this is the highest level of enlightenment. It’s understanding that good and bad can happen all at the same time, and we choose which one to focus on. I choose love.”
Black Men Healing in Community, by Eric Rey (Cohort 13)
“It will take time, work, love, patience, persistence and a dogged insistence that we deserve a world where we all truly belong…”
Following Your Heartstring, by Genese Clark (Cohort 13)
"It’s about following your heart, looking for answers in undiscovered places, and daring to go to places internally that you didn’t even know existed. Then suddenly getting it! When we follow our heartstring, there’s no telling where we could end up..."
Seeing Those Who Can’t See, by Anne Fortunato (Cohort 5)
"...People who are blind do not judge those around them in the ways the rest of us do. People who are blind do not see skin color, for example. All they know is what they learn from what others say and do. It’s such a non-judgmental way to live, I wish we could all be like that."
Poverty Is Our National Policy: Introducing Broke, by Colleen Shaddox (Cohort 1)
“Things don’t have the be the way they are. In much of the world, we manage to take care of people pretty reasonably well. This is the wealthiest nation in human history, we can do it here too.” -Colleen Shaddox (Cohort 1)
The Unheard, Unhealed Trauma of Immigration, by Maysa Akbar, PhD, ABPP (Cohort 14)
"These stories highlight that 'freedom' to enter into this country is rarely free - in particular for people of color. Whether refugee or undocumented, there is a price that many have paid by the deeply distressing and disturbing experiences they have endured..."
Cranky About Leadership in America, by Veronica “Roni” Holcomb (Cohort 26)
"...We mistakenly ascribe external, physical attributes as prerequisites for leadership – things like gender (generally, male), education (MBA), height (tall), race (white), family background (you get the idea). This is a very biased – and ineffective – way of choosing leaders. And we are suffering for it."