January 2021 has already reminded us of how threatening Radical Inclusion is to an exclusive power structure. On November 3, 2020, the majority of citizens in the United States voted to elect Kamala Harris to the Office of Vice President and Joe Biden to the Office of President; on January…

With my legs separated four feet apart and both arms stretching confidently in opposite directions, the correction came from my instructor. Even though I was expending maximum physical and mental effort, it was the same correction that I had received from other teachers — whether it was a verbal cue…

In my work, I often ask people to “trust the process” — and to trust me, the designer of it. However, it has been a long time since I was a learner, and I forgot what it meant to truly trust a process until I took a month to become…

As we restart school in the face of three pandemics, it’s time for public schools to become places where we can recognize, heal, and reconcile our stories. — As we bear witness to the improper use of force by federal law enforcement in DC, Portland, and around the country, we know that improper use of force at the hands of the state has been core to the American experience for people of color. Our schools are not shielded…

Family, This week has been hard. It seems like we are in 1920, not 2020. We continue to see things we cannot unsee. …

Right now, many of us are being asked to lead — perhaps in familiar ways and perhaps in new ones. We have seen deaths that we cannot unsee. We are collectively experiencing a loss of comfort and uncertainty as the ground beneath us trembles under the weight of universal suffering…

“In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.” — Howard Thurman In times of crisis, tumult, and despair, finding the spaces of quiet, the stillness of calm, and the resolve of…

A conversation with Caroline Hill, founder of 228 Accelerator In your work with schools and education organizations at 228 Accelerator, you prioritize proactive equity work. Before we get into that, how would you characterize reactive equity work? Reactive equity work is not necessarily being intentional about the relationships and the…

Each year, we get another chance to start over. The new year welcomes us to engage in instants of reflection. We collectively pause, reconsider, recollect, and remember. These rituals may manifest in commitments to our bodies — to drink less or lose weight — or they may be slower, otherworldly journeys that challenge the beliefs about the body, its…