The Current
On Values: Voices From The Circle 2019
Reflections from the year on liberation, equity, co-creation, confronting bias & discrimination, authenticity, listening, inclusion & giving voice, connection & community, faith & prayer, building, compassion & empathy, altruism, assisting the hungry, truly *seeing* each other, belonging, healing, care of self & others, and love.
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."
Let’s Talk About Race (Part 2) – ‘Nakedness’ and Confronting Personal Bias, by Gloria Graves Holmes, PhD (Cohort 7)
“…on the surface, most Americans abhor hurtful bias. But when we pay attention, we can see that we are all guilty.”