Feb 28, 2022 | Staff Blog
a Black History Month reflection by Brittany Stillwell Our surroundings shape our perspective. We don’t know what we can’t see—what we won’t see. I have been reminded of this again and again throughout this Black History Month. All month long, we...
Feb 26, 2022 | Staff Blog
By Isabel WilkersonReviewed by Andrew Carberry I read Caste as a part of a book club at work last year, and discussed it over a couple of sessions with my coworkers. The book argues that America operates within a caste system. A caste system is a rigid social...
Feb 26, 2022 | Staff Blog
By J. Chester Johnsona review by Greg ReedChester Johnson, a historian and poet, documents in great detail the events and effects of the race-based massacre in and around Elaine, Arkansas in 1919 where over 100 were killed and a community devastated. He grew up in the...
Feb 26, 2022 | Staff Blog
by Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Longa review by Henry Walden and illustrated by Hattie WaldenChange Sings is about a girl who plays a guitar and meets diverse friends (including a dog) to do jobs that help clean up their local community while playing musical...
