This picture is my 6th birthday in 1971. Monday April, 18, marks exactly 51 years later. When I was six, my biggest wishes were for model cars and G.I. Joes. The boy to my right was also named Adam the other boy was named Paul (?) and the girl Natalie…

Congregational polity is destroying people of color in Unitarian Universalism. I am currently in the process of returning to work after a 5 month medical leave. In September, I realized that stress, internal organizational conflicts and pressures had simply gotten to be too much for me. I was not caring for my body, I could not “wind down” and sleep…

…The comfort of invisibility, the ease of ignorance As I continue to study the ethical foundations of equity, particularly as those foundations show up in public policy, I learn more about the various personal motivations that seem to sit at the heart of cultural belief. I’m struck by how, in…

“You have to pick. That’s the fundamental problem. And one interest has to prevail over the other at any given point in time, and that’s why this is so challenging, I think.”[1] — Justice Brett Kavanaugh during opening arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Dec. 1, 2021 Where is…

Capitalism and the free-market economy are based on the exchange of value and the key freedom of participation. One is free to work; one is free to pursue economic ends; one is free to do and create things in exchange for compensation or other value. On its surface this is…

Black Boy Joy For all the black boys who won’t look in mirrors, for fear of what they might see… For every prince called “thug”, For every guy on the hustle who is only just trying to stay alive, For every Mandingo, BBC, Anaconda whose greatest gift was between his ears and behind his…

When Amy Hayes, from Baptist News Global asked to speak to me about the Wild Goose Festival, I was initially hesitant. I had just begun a leave from church work (which I am currently still on), in part to regroup from having had to do intense professional and personal race…

The self-conscious approach to dismantling white supremacy reinforces white priorities thereby affirming white supremacy. Having a person of color on your board, on your staff, leading your organization, etc. will not solve your diversity problems. …

*trigger warning — this piece includes reference to my experience with sexual violence. Watching the situation surrounding Governor Andrew Cuomo unfold, I keep coming back to the very powerful sense that the system is applying the wrong medicine. Whether or not he accedes to requests to step down, the focus…