Archive for May 2025
Day 20: Final Reflections
“None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so.” – Cornel West Today’s challenge is to take time to reflect on your experience over the past 20 days. Research shows that a critical component to learning is…
Read MoreDay 19: Tools for the Racial Equity Change
“The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And that is the only way forward.” –Ijeoma Oluo There are various reasons to participate in this challenge.One reason may be to…
Read MoreDay 18: Solidarity and Coalition Building
“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” – Lilla Watson, Indigenous Australian or Murri visual artist, activist and academic Throughout history, solidarity and coalition building have played an important role in…
Read MoreDay 17: Being an Ally
“We all have a sphere of influence. Each of us needs to find our own sources of courage so that we can begin to speak. There are many problems to address, and we cannot avoid them indefinitely. We cannot continue to be silent. We must begin to speak, knowing that words alone are insufficient. But…
Read MoreDay 16: Building a Race Equity Culture
“And I saw that what divided me from the world was not anything intrinsic to us but the actual injury done by people intent on naming us, intent on believing that what they have named us matters more than anything we could ever actually do.” – Ta-Nahesi Coates. Equity in the Center, a project of…
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