A few weeks ago, my co-conspirators and I facilitated our quarterly workshop called “Disrupting White Supremacy Culture in Nonprofits.” It’s based on the Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture in Organizations, developed by Tema Okun. Some of the comments we hear
Dear Hollywood, I’m bored. That’s not why. I love murder tv. Law and Order (all of them). CSI. Body of Proof. While there are thousands of binge-watching possibilities, most of them fall into the same tired, old formulas that reinforce
There was a moment last year when the impact of the unspoken white and male supremacy in our society was crystal clear. I was having dinner with a friend/client who is a trans woman and was a candidate for public
“Yes, it’s good, but sometimes politicians will do that and think they’ve solved racism.” – My mom, circa 1979 Once, when I was about 9, my family was driving through a city that renamed one of its major thoroughfares after
“I like being weird. People remember you that way. They say ‘Hey, I remember you. You’re the weird one.’” -Sylvia Gordon (aka my mom) circa 1980 You know how there’s one kid in every school that no one likes and
During every campaign I’ve ever worked, the field team faces a consistent problem: Someone calls the cops on a canvasser of color, for nothing more than walking through the neighborhood with a clipboard and some door hangers. Every. Single. Campaign.
Originally published in November 2021 Earlier this year, I started to think about what I had done in past in campaigns and projects that perpetuated, rather than disrupted, white supremacy, even if I didn’t know it at the time. Most
Organizing to Win has joined with a new venture called Sustainable Futures (SF) to organize with historically excluded communities in Atlanta. Founder Adrienne Rice’s dream is to build “green economy pathways for ‘Black’ and people of color in the South
We have so much more work to do to rid ourselves of this system of white supremacy.
Most of the people I know express unqualified support for Black Lives Matter and defunding the police. Me too. However — and there’s always a but — is that enough? The problem isn’t that our entire criminal justice system is
