by courageousadmin | Jul 12, 2023 | Media
By Janet Edwards—July 5, 2023 Talking about racism in interracial groups is difficult and uncomfortable and people sometimes go to great lengths to avoid the topic. But having such conversations is the only way to create more equitable, diverse, and inclusive spaces,...
by courageousadmin | Jul 12, 2023 | Media
The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the New York Times by Andrea Johnson, our senior advisor and professional development coordinator. To the Editor: Re “Starbucks Will Close 8,000 Stores for Training” (news article, April 18): I would like to applaud...
by courageousadmin | Mar 1, 2023 | Media
In honor of Black History Month and as part of its efforts to continue driving racial equity forward, Foley Hoag LLP, an internationally recognized law firm with offices in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Denver and Paris, held the inaugural Black Attorneys...
by courageousadmin | Dec 8, 2022 | Media
By Michelle Bulin and Julia A. Maciejak—Dec. 1, 2022 Racial justice advocates shared methods to spearhead racial equity and bolster institutional change in a Harvard Institute of Politics forum on Wednesday. The forum, the last of the fall semester, was part of a...
by courageousadmin | Aug 21, 2022 | Media
Aug. 17, 2022 It’s been two years since Black Lives Matter protesters took to the streets of Washington demanding an overhaul of the criminal justice system and pushing for racial equity. Watch on...
by courageousadmin | Aug 21, 2022 | Media
Aug. 17, 2022 It can be awkward, confronting for white people, and for people of colour, it can be traumatic. There’s also the risk of retreating back into our corners, or shutting the whole conversation down. Glenn Singleton is an African-American author and...
by courageousadmin | Sep 15, 2021 | Media
By Janice Gassam Asare—Sept. 3, 2021 Following the killing of George Floyd, collective guilt prompted corporate leaders to pledge millions of dollars to various racial justice causes. Over a year later and corporate wallets are still open with an estimated $50 billion...
by courageousadmin | Aug 29, 2021 | Race
By Alyssa Lukpat and Eduardo Medina—Aug. 8, 2021 The house on Sharon Avenue in Wyoming, Mich., was supposed to be another option for Eric Brown, a real estate agent, to show to his client. Instead, the visit to the property became one of the most traumatic experiences...
by courageousadmin | Aug 29, 2021 | Race
By Mabinty Quarshie and Donovan Slack—Aug. 12, 2021 The United States experienced unprecedented multiracial population growth and a decline in the white population for the first time in the nation’s history, according to U.S. Census officials, who released data...
by courageousadmin | Aug 29, 2021 | Race
By Adrienne Westenfeld—June 15, 2021 In 1979, up-and-coming television producer Joseph Lovett scored the opportunity of a lifetime. Just a few months into his stint at 20/20, ABC’s upstart television news magazine, Lovett was assigned a profile of James Baldwin,...
