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Belonging | Culture | Identity
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Inquire About Booking a Speaker CAMPUSPEAK has many keynote speakers who are experts in a variety of topics, including Allyship,…
Read moreHelplessness to Hopeful Action: Learning from the Past, Acting for the Future
Categorized: Belonging, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Campus Life, Civil Discourse, Community Building, Decision Making, Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Mental Health, Motivation & Inspiration, Resilience, Social Justice
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As a licensed psychologist, I’ve spent nearly 30 years working with individuals and organizations, addressing inequities that cause stress and…
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The Crucial Role of Diversity in Education
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The Chronicle of Higher Education has been tracking Anti-DEI Legislation and since 2023, 85 bills have been introduced in 28…
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Voices of African Americans: The One Thing White People Can Do To Be More Inclusive
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In early June, I launched an ambitious podcast, Being the Dot. The goal of Being the Dot was to discuss…
Read more526 Words
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This essay is 526 words long. It is 526 words because that is how many seconds are in eight minutes…
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Being the Dot: Thriving in White Spaces during “The Revolution”
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The last few weeks have been some of the most complicated of my Black life. In just a two-week period,…
Read moreWhat You CAN DO
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As a black woman AND an empath, I’ve found myself speechless and heavy-hearted lately. The tragic killings of George Flyod,…
Read moreFree, at Last?
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One of my favorite lines from the classic film Apollo 13 is “Houston, we have a problem.” Well, the sad…
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Don’t Just Sit There: Do Something
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious, is to be in a rage almost all…
Read moreBlack Lives Matter, Matters!
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I was six, nearly seven, years old growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana when novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, activist, and…
Read moreWill You Stand?
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This is my voice, my truths. Not in a complaining fashion, but in an answering the question fashion. The question…
Read moreOur Reality: Young and Black in America
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We are black. Our father is white and gay. He adopted us from foster care 20 years ago. No one…
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Embracing Unnatural Things
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The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police has rocked our nation. The reactions of peace loving individuals all over…
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