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Jameka Haynes • August 26, 2025 Let’s tell the truth: DEI isn’t evil, scary, or negative. But the way it’s being distorted? Whew. Some folks use it to check boxes, push politics, or perform advocacy instead of actually living it. I just wrapped a 6-week Humanizing DEI Group Coaching Experience, and the biggest breakthrough for participants […] The post 🦋 Humanize DEI with Dignity, Empathy & Integrity appeared first on Brownicity.| Brownicity
Dan Berry • August 19, 2025 Lies. Lies. And more lies. How are we going to survive in a world where it’s becoming harder and harder to find the truth? Who can we even believe anymore? I was always taught to trust God’s Word as the absolute truth. After all, Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Carter Berry, PhD • April 12, 2025 Anyone else still waiting for summer break to begin? 😅 WOW. Summer 2025 was incredibly busy—gratefully, it was overflowing with good stuff. One thing I enjoyed just as much as graduations, celebrations, dance competitions, and vacations with my children was Hues of You Summer Camp with other […]| Brownicity
Dan Berry • April 16, 2024 In athletics there is a phrase that has always floated around… “Where there is no pain, there is no gain.” I quickly learned that with any victory stand celebration there was always a journey behind the scenes. A journey that could be painful and overwhelming at times. A journey that […]| Brownicity
Field-Building, Friendship & Future Work Lucretia Carter Berry, PhD • June 24, 2025 I didn’t know how much I needed this experience. Last month, I had the honor of serving as the MC for the 2025 National Convening on Children’s Racial Learning, hosted by EmbraceRace. Over the course of three extraordinary days, I found myself […]| Brownicity
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Laura Marti – June 17, 2025 Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the way undocumented immigrants are being treated in this country. And honestly, it breaks my heart. The disregard for dignity and the dehumanization is difficult for me to see play out every day. Their treatment implies that they are disposable—tossed aside with no […] The post What Happened to Compassion? appeared first on Brownicity.| Brownicity
Republished with permission: from “How to Celebrate Juneteenth in 2025: What to Do and Why It Matters,” by Candace Tillery June 10, 2025, REDFIN Blog Reading Time: 12 minutes Author’s Note: As a Black woman, I carry a heaviness writing about this. I was well into adulthood before I learned about Juneteenth. My family celebrated […] The post How to Celebrate Juneteenth in 2025: What to Do and Why It Matters appeared first on Brownicity.| Brownicity
Maveah Griffith – June 12, 2025 I cannot be the only one who’s noticed the restored animosity towards social movements. Remember 2020? A year that’s only 5 years in the rearview mirror but feels more like a decade out of reach? The summer of 2020 began with unrest and protests following the murder of George Floyd. […]| Brownicity
Lance Phillips • June 03, 2025 I have been writing and publishing poetry for the last thirty years, but lately I have been struggling with whether a body of work, any work, amounts to anything substantial. Maybe because of my age (I am quickly approaching the age at which my father died), maybe because the […] The post Don’t Live Someone Else’s Dream appeared first on Brownicity.| Brownicity
Dan Berry • May 27, 2025 I’m currently reading Dr. Jennifer Harvey’s new book, Anti-Racism as a Daily Practice. In the first chapter, she talks about how people often approach her and ask how she became so passionate about racism. That made me reflect on how I’ve been asked the same question. If you’re involved in […] The post Why Do I Care About Racism When I’m White? appeared first on Brownicity.| Brownicity
Laura Marti – March 20, 2025 Visiting antique stores has become a favorite outing for our family whenever we’re on vacation. Wherever we go, we track down the local antique shops. We look for used books, music albums, VHS movies, comic books, vintage clothing, kitchen items and dinnerware, tea sets, hand-crocheted afghans, and old wood furniture […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Carter Berry, PhD • May 13, 2025 As a kid, I loved summer camps—especially the ones that gave me something different than the traditional classroom experience. I thrived in spaces where learning felt like an adventure—where we explored big ideas with our hands and hearts. That’s why I’m so excited about returning this summer […]| Brownicity
Maveah Griffith – April 29, 2025 Have you ever heard of the invisible string theory? This theory is the idea that the universe or God or whatever higher power you may believe in is waiting for the perfect moment to introduce you to those you’re fated to meet. These people will be somehow connected throughout your […]| Brownicity
Dan Berry • June 11, 2024 How many times have people asked this question without understanding what they are asking? Good intentions lead us into the ask, but in reality, most of the time we secretly hope we don’t have to get involved or be faced with the answer. In the last decade when horrific […]| Brownicity
Dan Berry • April 08, 2025 The most difficult part of learning is often the unlearning that must take place in order to experience the light of truth. To truly unlearn, we have to be willing to break old habits, question what we believe to be true, and let go of knowledge that has been proven […]| Brownicity
Maveah Griffith – December 17, 2024 We are all former children, but not all of us can say we were children during 2016 when the shift in political atmosphere took place. We know how adults feel about politics, because they can articulate their thoughts and most of the time will not hesitate to pontificate at any […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Berry • March 25, 2025 I refuse to be a mere mirror reflecting despair. Instead, I AM a beacon, illuminating the path toward understanding, growth, and justice. I do not amplify the toxic noise. Instead, I move in creativity and consonance, offering clarity and courage where there is confusion and fear. Dear light-bearer, The […]| Brownicity
Laura Marti – March 20, 2025 I recently came across the name Augusta Braxton Baker purely by chance. Have you heard of her? I had not. So I did some digging and I want to share some of what I learned about this amazing woman. In the world of children’s literature, few figures have made as […]| Brownicity
Maveah Griffith – March 13, 2025 Google the term “DEI before:2025“ Please actually go do it before continuing to read this. You’ll see that of the results received are websites detailing exactly what DEI is, and its benefits. DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives whose purpose is fostering a safe and inclusive work environment. […]| Brownicity
Lance Phillips • March 04, 2025 “There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Octavia Butler, Parable of the Trickster Last week, I was standing in line at the IT desk at the institution where I teach. The IT desk is located on the second floor of the lovely library on campus. […]| Brownicity
Dr. Kimberly Ortiz-Hartman • March 16, 2025 “What color are you? Where are you from? No, where are you really from? What are you?” If you’re a multiracial or multicultural person, these questions are probably all too familiar. For many, they might seem harmless or even well-meaning—after all, the person is just trying to get […]| Brownicity
Dan Berry • February 18, 2025 I’m not sure how many of you have ever been interested in putting puzzles together, but if you have, you know how frustrating it is to reach the end of a puzzle only to find that some pieces are missing. You could have 998 pieces of a 1,000-piece puzzle, but […]| Brownicity
How to Build Cultural Competence & Racial Literacy with Children Lucretia Berry • February 11, 2025 I recently had the privilege of leading the SEE, PLAY, LOVE workshop as part of the Abilities Network’s Equity Series, where ninety-nine caregivers joined me online to explore a practical approach, a framework, and resources that help foster positive […]| Brownicity
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Maveah Griffith – February 04, 2025 At the ripe age of 14, students in the United States are thrust into a world where they are placed under the pressure of deciding the rest of their lives. As soon as a teenager enters high school, they are bombarded with adults warning them about college, asking what they […]| Brownicity
Lance Phillips • January 28, 2025 Two pins I gifted myself two lapel pins over the winter holidays. Two pins for two very different purposes. The first pin is a silver and smoky quartz classic lapel pin. It is vintage and delicate and has, as they say, seen some things. When I told my wife […]| Brownicity
Dan Berry • January 21, 2025 Many of us learned long ago that life is more like a marathon than a sprint. While most of us may never actually run a 26.2-mile race, we can all relate to the concept of a marathon as a long, grueling challenge. Life is filled with struggles, difficulties, and hardships. […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Berry • January 16, 2025 Tuesday, January 21, 2025, marks the annual observance of the National Day of Racial Healing, a time dedicated to reflecting on the past, embracing the present, and envisioning a future grounded in understanding, justice, and belonging. As someone dedicated to fostering racial literacy and building cultural competency, this day holds […]| Brownicity
Tracey McKee – December 10, 2024 I came across this poem, “The Work of Christmas,” within the past couple of years and thought it offered the perfect focus and reflection for this month. I do not remember exactly where or when I came across it, but it moved me so much when I read it that […]| Brownicity
Lance Phillips • December 03, 2024 “There are tears for things.” Engaging with the world only in the way you want it to be is misguided, heartbreaking, and dangerous. I’m going to do my best to weave together three disparate things, all of which speak to acknowledging what is in front of you as a […]| Brownicity
Dan Berry • November 26, 2024 I love life. I love living. It beats the alternative, as they say. But life exposes us to all the many ups and downs that go along with it. It can seem like a roller coaster as we feel the surge of vitality and joy and then BAM, life hits […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Berry • November 20, 2024 The hood draped in a Confederate flag, the muscle car served as the driver’s megaphone as he revved his engine at me, locking eyes to make sure I saw him. It was a typical morning drive to drop my children off at preschool and elementary school—a drive I made Monday […]| Brownicity
Tracey McKee – November 04, 2024 Almost five years ago, George Floyd’s death ignited outrage across our nation. A bystander’s video recording his death at the hands of local police not only reached millions of people from one end of our country to the other, it reached across the world. From corporate offices to school classrooms […]| Brownicity
Tracey McKee – April 23, 2024 I have been learning about race and racism for about five years now. Police shootings, Black Lives Matter marches, and Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem made me stop and wonder what was happening in our country. I was born white in 1970 in the South, and […]| Brownicity
Tracey McKee • October 10, 2023 The concept of diversity, or appreciating the things that make us different and unique, emerged from the Civil Rights Movement. Our country is a nation of both indigenous people and immigrants from all over the world. According to the last Census, it is estimated that more than 45 million people, […]| Brownicity
Lance Phillips • October 29, 2024 As it happens, a rather famous poet is coming to the college where I teach to read from his work and to address the student body. I was asked to contribute a few ideas about which he could, possibly, speak. In the course of thinking about this request, thinking […]| Brownicity
Nicole Doyley • October 22, 2024 “Not enough. Too much.“ Those phrases preoccupy most adolescent minds. The feeling of being too tall, too short, too loud, too shy, too bookish, too boring or, conversely, not tall enough, not short enough, not bold enough, not smart enough, not pretty enough haunts most people at some time or […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Berry • October 15, 2024 Diversity in the workplace has been shown to foster innovation, improve decision-making, and increase profitability. Yet, simply having a diverse workforce does not guarantee that employees feel welcome or that they truly belong. Research reveals a gap between diversity and inclusivity—while more companies are prioritizing hiring diverse talent, many workers […]| Brownicity
Laura Marti – October 08, 2024 This past summer, my husband and I had an opportunity to travel across the South and took the time to visit a few important places from the civil rights era. One stop was the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi, which had officially become a part […]| Brownicity
Tracey McKee – September 24, 2024 I had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C., this summer. While there, I walked the trail of monuments and memorials, ending the day at the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial. As people came and went, I watched as each took a moment to gaze up at King’s face. Some faces […]| Brownicity
Laura Marti – September 20, 2024 Although we often pride ourselves on being a nation of immigrants, I wonder if that’s where the pride ends. The recent political discourse after the 2024 presidential debate, particularly around Haitian immigrants in Ohio, has made me reflect on our conflicting attitudes toward immigration. How can we honor our immigrant […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Berry • September 12, 2024 This summer, our family visited the Masai Mara to witness the great migration of the wildebeest. While our goal was to also see lions, cheetahs, leopards, giraffes, elephants, and more in their naturally wild habitat, I was even more excited to connect with the people of Kenya. Connecting with […]| Brownicity
Lance Phillips • September 03, 2024 I just returned from a week at the beach. From a week watching the ocean encroach on the sand in the guise of its emissaries, the waves. It never fails. Every time I spend time beside the ocean a couple of things come to mind: a poem called “The […]| Brownicity
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Lucretia Berry • August 27, 2024 Years ago, a podcaster posed a question that tickled me: “Who in the world sits down to design a course like this… who has the audacity?” At the time, neither of us knew of any course like What LIES Between Us – Fostering First Steps Toward Racial Healing (2016) […]| Brownicity
Brownicity • August 22 2024 On August 22, 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer delivered a powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention that changed the landscape of American politics. Hamer, a Black sharecropper from Mississippi turned civil rights activist, spoke with unwavering courage about the brutal voter suppression and racial violence she and other Black citizens faced […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Berry • August 13, 2024 As the school year begins, creating a sense of community in the classroom is vital. Establishing a welcoming and belonging environment from the very first days can set the tone for a successful year. One effective way to build this community is by engaging students in activities that honor […]| Brownicity
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Get ready to rebuild Lucretia Berry • July 23, 2024 Originally published May 24, 2024 by THE REDBUD HYPHEN “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks” Isaiah 2:4 As parents, educators, scholars, creatives, and teacher leaders, we are advantaged to strategically foster education that inspires a culture of authentic […]| Brownicity
from Dr. Jennifer Harvey’s 12 Days of Antiracist Action Lucretia Berry • July 16, 2024 Last month, I got the unique opportunity to contribute a lesson on building racial literacy with children for Dr. Jennifer Harvey‘s free course, 12 Days of Antiracist Action, in partnership with other leading antiracist thinkers, including Chris Crass, and Chanté Griffin. Each day, an […]| Brownicity
5 Days of ‘Hues of You’ Fun Lucretia Berry • July 9, 2024 Teachers and school leaders, I can imagine that you are thinking, ‘launching the new school year with summer camp’ makes no sense. To clarify, Dr. Tehia Starker Glass and I recommend that you start each school year with a few of these […]| Brownicity
Laura Marti – July 05, 2024 The US has experienced multiple waves of immigration as policies changed over decades. One of the waves was in 1965, when Congress replaced the national origins system with a preference system designed to unite immigrant families and attract skilled immigrants to the United States. This bill drastically shifted the source […]| Brownicity
Tracey McKee – April 23, 2024 I, like most white people, can spot flagrant, inhuman acts towards people of color as racist. And most of us know that snide remarks and intentional slights cross the line. But what about the less obvious forms racism can take, like trying to relate to a Black person by sharing […]| Brownicity
Jyoti Gupta – June 18, 2024 As a social justice educator, I’ve been teaching children for years about inclusion and belonging. I went on to incorporate what they — and I — surmised from these workshops into my critically acclaimed children’s book “Different Differenter: An Activity Book About Skin Color.” Now, I’m working on the follow-up, […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Berry • June 5, 2024 “Is she doing this because she feels guilty for marrying a white man?” a couple of Black women asked in 2016 when I met with a group to guide them through the What LIES Between Us course. I thought the comment was ironic considering I’d been invited to lead […]| Brownicity
Lucretia Berry • February 6, 2024 I teach an Antiracism 101 elective for high school students. The elective is meticulously designed to enhance students’ capacity to comprehend racism in its institutional and structural dimensions. The course intentionally departs from traditional narratives centered on personal biases, and delves into a comprehensive analysis of racism’s historical, cultural, […]| Brownicity
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by Ted Goins • January 30, 2024 When I became president of Lutheran Services Carolinas (LSC) in 2010, I was determined to use my position to make a difference. LSC started much of its modern diversity efforts with action, not just words. In 2001, LSC leased-to-purchase an old, for-profit nursing home in the heavily African-American […]| Brownicity
Fia Cronin • December 23 2023 It’s that time of year, ‘tis the season…whether you celebrate Indigenous People’s Day, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, or maybe you celebrate Pumpkin Spice Lattes…the season also comes with a wide array of emotions that each of us bring to the table. We might have experienced loss and are left with […]| Brownicity
