The Current
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.”
Forgiveness: The Personal & The Policy (Part 1), by David Burden (Cohort 29)
“I spent those 14 years preparing myself to be a vessel on this side, and to come home and do what God called me to do...”
Indigenous People and Data Trends on Death & Life, by Kia Honhongva (Cohort 29)
"We are achieving this because we have been focused on caring about our elders and our larger indigenous community..."
Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu Through Storytelling, by Denise Keyes Page (facilitator, Cohorts 2&3)
"...given the sudden contrast and very rude awakening in my teenage world, it’s no accident that many decades later, I would be working to specifically build Ubuntu...”
Reclaiming My Culture Through Kwanzaa, by Jolyn Washington-Walker (Cohort 9)
"I am a descendant of enslaved people whose culture has been ripped from us. We have to wade through half-truths and untruths. Grabbing on to Kwanzaa has been a mind- and life-saver for me."
On Values: Voices from The Circle 2020
Reflections from throughout the year on transformation, faith, race, privilege, equity, justice, listening, kindness, grieving, healing, and so much more.