"I was on a train on a rainy day. The train was slowing down to pull into a station. For some reason, I became intent on watching the raindrops on the window. The separate drops, pushed by the wind, merged into one for a moment and then divided again--each carrying with it part of the … Continue reading How We Connect
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Boundaries and Intersections
I work with a lot of artists. In fact, some days I remember that I am an artist too. Not just the days that I am struggling to make a sequence beautiful as well as functional, but also the days I arrange my garden, or redecorate my living room. Sometimes, I am reminded that I … Continue reading Boundaries and Intersections
White Supremacy
Sixteen years ago, Dismantling Racism, a Work Book for Social Change Groups was published. It is a comprehensive list of the ways in which white supremacy shows up in our everyday interactions. I have worked in the arts, of and on, for over 20 years. Recently, I've had more than a few conversation about how … Continue reading White Supremacy
Walking the Talk
Soo La Kim is the Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs at Northwestern University. She has also worked in the writing programs at Princeton and Harvard, and began her career as an educator at the University of California, Irvine, where she earned a Ph.D. in English. Soo is also partners in the collaboration Teachers at the … Continue reading Walking the Talk
Call to Action
The point of my work, why I do the things I do, is to make the world a safer place for my son. He was my point of radicalization. He is what gets me up in the morning and keeps me moving when I am tired of talking to white people about how to do … Continue reading Call to Action
We will stay.
Trina Greene Brown has worked in violence prevention for the past 15 years, managing multiple local and national initiatives. She launched Parenting for Liberation as a space for parents of Black children to envision a world where our children are cultivated to be their most liberated selves. Before creating Parenting for Liberation, Trina engaged leaders … Continue reading We will stay.
Habits and Change
My work in social justice and yoga has dovetailed a number of occasions over the last 5 years. More often, I find myself in spaces where we talk about spirit and demonstrate our long held physical tensions as parallels for the tensions in the world. How can one do effective public work if their internal … Continue reading Habits and Change
Yoga and Social Justice
Produced in collaboration with Love Light Yoga and Jesi Carson Designs, "Yin & Social Justice" is a conversation with Danielle Hoogenboom and Dia Penning about how an embodied practice can help us to overcome systems and structures of oppression. This 20 minute chat also introduces the Yin Yoga Teacher Training experience with Love Light Yoga … Continue reading Yoga and Social Justice
Kaitlin of the Alphabet Rockers
Kaitlin is Artistic Director for a children’s hip hop group named “Alphabet Rockers.” The Equity Collective is participating in a collaboration with them. The intent is to provide a way to explore systems and collective history in a space occupied by both children and parents. Together, we are exploring paradox and cultural learning. Our working … Continue reading Kaitlin of the Alphabet Rockers
Radical Classrooms
Bobby Biedrzycki is a writer, performer, educator, and transnational human rights activist who resides in Chicago, IL. His stories, poems, and performances have appeared on pages, stages, and public spaces across the U.S. and beyond. His work is rooted in cross-disciplinary art making that focuses on creating social change. _____________________________________________ “The classroom remains the most … Continue reading Radical Classrooms